Sorin Lavric | |
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 Lavric in 2008 | |
| Member of theSenate of Romania | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-11-27)27 November 1967 (age 58) |
| Party | Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) |
| Alma mater | Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy University of Bucharest |
| Occupation | Writer, philosopher, politician |
Sorin Lavric (born 27 November 1967)[1] is aRomanian writer, philosopher and politician. Having started studying medicine in 1987, Lavric later began studying philosophy as well. Subsequently, as he did not want to be a physician, he focused entirely on philosophy. Lavric finished his university studies in 1996 and obtained a doctorate in philosophy in 2005. Lavric has written several books.
He has made in the past numerous comments that have been deemed asracist,homophobic andmisogynistic that have provoked his expulsion from theWriters' Union of Romania. Despite this, he has affirmed that he is not a misogynist. Lavric eventually became a politician "to confront thecorruption and political class of Romania". He joined theAlliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), of which he is the President of the Senate. Lavric was also the proposedsenator of the AUR for theNeamț County.
Sorin Lavric was born in 1967 inTurnu Severin,Socialist Republic of Romania.[1] He studied medicine at theCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy between 1987 and 1993. Afterwards, he did aninternship at theBrăila County Hospital, which included 3 months ofgynecology. In 1990, he enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy of theUniversity of Bucharest, having had to repeat one year because of his internship and graduating in 1996. According to him, he only studied medicine because at that time (1987), during thecommunist period of Romania, it was not worth studying philosophy.[2][3]
After his internship, Lavric realized he disliked medicine and had to choose between becoming a physician and not being able to aspire to be a philosopher or giving up medicine. Lavric chose the latter option and had to be supported by his wife for 2 years.[2] After completing his studies in 1996,[3] he was offered in 1997 a job as an editor at the publishing houseHumanitas by the Romanian philosopherGabriel Liiceanu.[2] In 2005, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Bucharest.[3] Liiceanu, who was coordinator in Lavric's thesis for the doctorate, has expressed surprise at his posterior controversial comments, saying that it is as if Lavric had undergone "a personality substitution operation", "as inscience fiction movies".[4]
Lavric has written several books, such asCartea de Crăciun ("Christmas Book", 1997),Ontologia lui Noica. O exegeză ("Noica's ontology. An exegesis", 2005) andNoica și Mișcarea Legionară ("Noica and theLegionary Movement", 2007). He has also done several translations.[3][4]
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Lavric has made several comments characterized as racist,homophobic andmisogynistic; these have given him a certain notoriety in the past.[1][4] In his bookDecoct de femeie ("Decoction of women"), he wrote that "no man seeks in women cleverness, depth, or lucidity". He has also described theRoma people (Gypsies) as a "social plague".[3] In an interview, Lavric denied being a misogynist and explained his thoughts and declarations, stating that "I cannot say that a woman excels in logical thinking, especially in philosophical skills".[5] Furthermore, Lavric has admitted being amisanthrope.[2]
Because of his comments, theWriters' Union of Romania expelled him from the association and from the position of editor in the magazineRomânia literară.[1] In the same interview, which was posterior to this event, Lavric said he was surprised when he heard about this as it was not directly communicated to him and that he felt "hit" by his own teammates. He added that he did not feel resentful for this.[5]
Lavric joined theAlliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) because, according to him, he was against thecorrupt attitudes of the political class and because he coincided with the thoughts ofGeorge Simion andClaudiu Târziu,[5] then the co-presidents of the AUR.[6] He also stated that he waspro-European and supportedNATO, but opposed a European "federal superstate run [...] fromBrussels".[5] In an interview with Simion and Târziu, they said that Lavric (and the AUR) did not hate women or support misogynistic ideas.[6] Lavric was the proposedsenator of the AUR for theNeamț County in 2020.[7] Currently, he is the President of the Senate of the AUR.[8]
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