Dr. Paul Marinescu
Paul Marinescu has a PhD at the University of Bucharest and the University Lyon 3, with a thesis on “The Universality of Hermeneutics” (2011). In 2006, he received the prize “Cotutelle de thèse”, awarded by AAUL (Amis de l’Université de Lyon). From 2013, he is member of the board of the Studia Phaenomenologica journal. In 2015, he was Fellow of the French Government & Fondation Maison Sciences de l’Homme. Coeditor of two journal issues devoted to Paul Ricoeur’s philosophy, and of three collective volumes on the phenomenology of history. He works as a researcher at the Alexandru Dragomir Institute for Philosophy (Romanian Society for Phenomenology). Principal Investigator in the following research projects: “I was there.” Laying the Foundations for a Comprehensive Phenomenology of Testimony (2020 – 2022); Finitude and Meaning. Phenomenological Perspectives on History in the Light of the Paul Ricoeur Jan Patocka Relationship (2018 – 2020). He translated into Romanian books by Paul Ricoeur, Jean Sevillia, Boris Cyrulnik and Eric de Rus. His main areas of research are: Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Historiography.
Publications List
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
- “The Duty of Memory Revisited: Ricoeur’s Contribution to a Crisis in French Historiography”, Human Studies, Springer, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-021-09587-2;
- “Understanding the Protester’s Opposition: From Bodily Presence to the Linguistic Dimension—Violence and Non-violence”, Human Studies 43 (2020), 219–236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-019-09532-4;
- “L’énigme du passé”. Vers les fondements du rapport entre l’histoire et la psychanalyse”, Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies, Vol 10, No 2 (2019): 70–87;
- „Traduire le passé. Enjeux et défis d’une opération historiographique”, Ricoeur Studies, Vol. 6, no. 1, p. 57-72, University of Pittsburgh, 2015;
- „Questionner une quasi-absence : le témoignage dans Temps et récit”, Meta. Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy, Vol. VII, no. 1, June 2015, p. 87-104;
- „La traduction : « cas extrême » ou « paradigme » de l’expérience herméneutique? Un dialogue possible Gadamer – Ricœur”, in Revue Roumaine de Philosophie, nr. 58 / 2, Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014, p. 171-185. (ISI);
- „Hermeneutical Crisis as Rethinking the Humanities: The Question of the Trace—Traces of the Past, Cortical Traces”, International Journal for Philosophy and Theology, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 75 / 2, 2014, p. 142-151. (Philosopher’s Index, Thomson Scientific Links);
- „Oblivio comme vulnérabilité du soi. Augustin lu par Heidegger et Ricœur”, Archivio di Filosofia, Fabrizio Serra editore, Roma, LXXXI, nr. 1-2, 2013, p. 313-321. (Scopus, Anvur: A);
- „Tradition et distance temporelle: ‘de la justesse de la compréhension’ chez Hans-Georg Gadamer”, Meta. Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy, Vol. IV, nr. 2/ December 2012, University „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Publishing House, Iassy, p. 304-317. (Scopus, Copernicus);
- „Figures de la distanciation dans l’expérience du langage chez Hans-Georg Gadamer: la traduction et le texte”, Hermeneia. Journal of Hermeneutics, Art Theory and Criticism, nr. 12/2012, Ed. Fundaţiei Academice Axis, Iassy, 2012, p. 92-106. (Copernicus, Ebsco).
ARTICLES IN COLLECTIVE VOLUMES
- „Puncte oarbe ale identității cu sine”. In: Comunitate – identitate – diferență. Priviri fenomenologice, Alexandru Bejinariu & Ileana Borțun (eds.), Zetabooks, Bucharest, 2018.
- „L’Universalité et les ‘sans fins’ de l’herméneutique. Jean-Luc Marion, lecteur de Ricoeur”. In: Lectures de Jean-Luc Marion, (eds. C. Ciocan & A. Vasiliu), Cerf, Paris, 2016, p. 339-349.
- „Naraţiune şi traducere: două raportări fenomenologico-hermeneutice la timpul istoric [Narrative and translation: two hermeneutic interpretations of the historical time]”, in Timp, memorie şi tradiţie. Studii de fenomenologia istoriei, (ed.) Ch. Ferencz-Flatz şi P. Marinescu, Bucureşti, Zeta Books, 2012, p. 208-226. (CNCSIS-B);
- „L’universalité comme ‘aspect productif de la temporalité’ chez Hans-Georg Gadamer”, in Phenomenology 2010. Volume 3: Selected Essays from the Euro-Mediterranean Area. The Horizons of Freedom, (ed.) Ion Copoeru, Pavlos Kontos, Agustín Serrano de Haro, Bucureşti, Zeta Books, 2011, p. 317-340. (CNCSIS-B);
- „Lovitura zen şi vibraţia fiinţei [The Zen Coup and the vibration of being]”, in Liber Amicorum. Studii şi eseuri în onoarea lui Gabriel Liiceanu, (ed.) C. Cioabă et B. Mincă, Bucureşti, Zeta Books,2012, p. 165-178. (CNCSIS-B);
- „Conjugările lizibilităţii: memorie şi traducere [The Articulations of lizibility: memory and translation]”, in Memoria filozofilor. De la Platon la Derrida, (ed.) M. Vlad şi A. Sandu, Bucureşti, Zeta Books, 2007, p. 201-218. (CNCSIS-B).
REVIEW-ARTICLES
- „Adevăr şi istorie. Enigma reprezentării trecutului [Truth and History. The Enigma of the Representation of the Past]”, Studia Phaenomenologica, vol. III / 3-4, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2003, p. 343-352. (Scopus).
EDITED ACADEMIC JOURNALS
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Paul Marinescu & Cristian Ciocan (Editors), Studia Phaenomenologica, vol. XXI/ 2021: From Witnessing to Testimony, Zeta books, Bucharest, 2021 (forthcoming) (ISI);
- Cristian Ciocan & Paul Marinescu (Editors), Studia Phaenomenologca, vol. XIX/ 2019: On Conflict and Violence, Zeta books, Bucharest, 2019, p.370 (ISI);
- Ludger Hagedorn & Paul Marinescu (Eds.), Exploring the Undisclosed Meanings of Time, History, and Existence: Ricoeur and Patočka as Philosophical Interlocutors, Meta. Research Journal in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Practical Phenomenology, Vol. IX, No. 2 / December 2017;
- Olivier Abel & Paul Marinescu (Editors), Studia Phaenomenologica, vol. XIII/ 2013: On the Proper Use of Phenomenology. Paul Ricoeur Centenary, Humanitas, Bucharest, 2013, p. 512. (ISI).
EDITED VOLUMES OF COLLECTED STUDIES
- Paul Marinescu & Christian Ferencz-Flatz (Editors), Figuri ale vulnerabilităţii existenţiale. De la uitarea de sine la uitarea fiinţei [Figures of existential vulnerability. From the self-oblivion to the oblivion of being], University „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Publishing House, Iassy, 2014, p. 254, ISBN: 978-973-703-907-1. (CNCSIS-B);
- Christian Ferencz-Flatz & Paul Marinescu (Editors), Timp, memorie şi tradiţie. Studii de fenomenologia istoriei [Time, memory and tradition. Studies in the phenomenology of history], Bucharest, Zeta Books, 2012, p. 232, ISBN : 978-606-8266-19-0. (CNCSIS-B).
TRANSLATION (from French to Romanian)
- Paul Ricoeur, Sinele ca un altul [Soi-même comme un autre], Bucharest, Spandugino, 2016, (translated in collaboration with Alina-Daniela Marinescu);
- Eric de Rus, Persoana umana in orizontul intrebarii. Pentru o antropologie a interioritatii [La personne humaine en question. Pour une anthropologie de l’interiorité], Bucharest, Spandugino, 2016;
- Boris Cyrulnik en dialogue avec N. Martin et al., Rezilienta. Convorbiri cu Boris Cyrulnik, Bucharest, Spandugino, 2016;
- Eric de Rus, Viziunea educativa a lui Edith Stein. Abordarea unui gest antropologic total, Bucharest, Spandugino, 2016;
- Paul Ricœur, La şcoala fenomenologiei [A l’école de la phénoménologie], Bucharest, Humanitas, col. „Acta Phaenomenologica”, p. 390, 2008 (in collaboration with A.-D. Marinescu) (CNCS-A);
- Jean Sévillia, Corectitudinea morala [Moralement correct], Bucharest, Humanitas, col. „Zeitgeist”, p. 194, 2009, (in collaboration with A.-D. Marinescu) (CNCS-A);
- Eric de Rus, Edith Stein – Arta de a educa. Antropologie, educaţie, viaţă spirituală [L’Art d’éduquer selon Edith Stein], Bucharest, Spandugino (forthcoming 2015), (in collaboration with A.D. Marinescu) (recognized by CNCS).
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
- „Epistemologia psihanalizei”, in Psihanaliza, VIII, nr. 4/2001, Ed. Trei, Bucureşti;
- „Topica sensului în ‘Uitarea numelor proprii’. Psihanaliză şi filosofia limbajului”, in Psihanaliza, VII, nr. 2/2000, Ed. Trei, Bucureşti;
- „Nietzsche între Christ şi Dionisos”, in Psihanaliza, VI, nr. 1/1999, Ed. Trei, Bucureşti.
CONFERENCES (selection)
- „From terror to the tragic of the action. Ricoeur’s views on violence”, Colloquium: „Phenomenology of Emotions”. The 4th Conference on Traditions and Perspectives of the Phenomenological Movement in Central and Eastern Europe, organized by Vytautas Magnus University, October 12-13, 2018, Kaunas, Lithuania.
- „De la phénoménologie du témoignage à la crise de l’historiographie”, Colloquium: Phenomenology and the Social Sciences, organized by Polish Association of Phenomenology, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 28-29 November 2014, Warsaw;
- „Paradoxe et indétermination de la traduction. Un dialogue esquissé Ricoeur – Quine”, Colloquium: Ricoeur et la philosophie de langue anglaise, organized by Fonds Ricoeur, EHSS, Society for Ricœur Studies, 18-20 November 2013, Paris;
- „Hermeneutical crisis as rethinking the humanities. The question of trace: traces of the past, mnemonic traces”, Colloquium: Paul Ricoeur and the Future of the Humanities, organized by Faculty of Philosophy | Faculty of the Humanities, University of Groningen, 27-29 June 2013, Groningen, Netherlands;
- „La traduction: ‘cas extrême’ ou ‘paradigme’ de l’expérience herméneutique? Un dialogue possible Gadamer – Ricœur”, Colloquium: Thinking about Translation: Philosophy on the Way between Languages, organized by Universidad Carlos III, 24-26 September 2012, Madrid;
- „La vulnérabilité de l’être historique. La tension d’un indécidable: oubli destructeur / oubli fondateur”, Colloquium: Through crisis and conflict. Thinking differently with Paul Ricœur, organized by Université de Salento, University of Verona, the Institute of Philosophical Studies “Enrico Castelli”, 26 September 2012, Lecce, Italy.