CARPINSCHI, ANTON, Professor of Political Philosophy at "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi. Author of many books on political theory, including: Contemporary Political Doctrines. A Typological Synthesis (1991); Orientãri ideologice actuale. Tendinte si semnificatii (1991); Doctrine politice contemporane. Tipologii, dinamicã, perspective (1992); Deschidere si sens in gãndirea politicã (1995); Stiinta politicului. Tratat (with C. Bocancea,1998).