Imaginea celuilalt: un document francez privind spațiul românesc de la începutul secolului al XIX-lea (The Image of the Other: A French Document about the Romanian Space in the beginning of the XIXth Century)

Abstract

The article comments upon the report written by the French captain Aubert about the Romanian space during the XIXth century. It analyses the richness of documentation data contained by the report, through the lenses of the historical anthropological categories of “the other’s image”. The author concludes that the report was elaborated in a period when French interests for the Romanian space was rising.