Table of Contents: 1. Transitions and the Aesthetic Turn 1 2. Radical Social Change and Distortions of Fantasy Formations: a Model of Analysis 39 3. Transitions and The Changing Face of the Social Authority 69 4. The Journey of the Romanian Worker Hero 115 5. The Changing Face of the Sacrificial Romanian Woman 147 6. From Communism to Capitalism: Reshaping the Space of the Nation 181 7. Conclusions 209