history and philosophy of religion. He continues to be successful as a writer, and his books have all been well received by critics and readers. He also became involved in politics, serving as Romania's Minister of Culture from 1989 to 1991, and foreign minister from 1997 to 1999. Between 2000 and 2004, Pleșu was a member of the National College for the Study of the Securitate Archives; he resigned the latter office in protest against political pressures on the committee. After the 2004 elections brought Traian Băsescu to the office of President of Romania, he became presidential counsellor for external affairs, a position he held until June 2005, when he resigned invoking health issues. Two volumes were published in 2009, honoring Pleșu, both edited by Mihail Neamțu and Bogdan Tătaru-Cazaban. The first was O filozofie a intervalului: In Honorem Andrei Pleșu (A Philosophy of the Interval: In Honor of Andrei Plesu) entirely in Romanian, and the second was an international Festschrift in honor of Pleșu's sixtieth birthday, with essays exploring the themes of his life in the current context. Philosophy Pleșu's early works revolved around art history and theory, but, in time, his essays, published in cultural magazines and elsewhere, became oriented towards cultural anthropology and philosophy. Works Printed volumes Călătorie în lumea formelor ("Journey to the world of forms"), Meridiane, 1974 Pitoresc și melancolie ("The Picturesque and melancholy"), Univers, 1980 Francesco Guardi, Meridiane, 1981 Ochiul și lucrurile ("The eye and things"), Meridiane, 1986 Minima moralia ("The moral minimum"), Cartea românească, 1988 Dialoguri de seară ("Evening dialogues"), Harisma, 1991 Jurnalul de la Tescani ("The Tescani journal"), Humanitas, 1993 Limba păsărilor ("The language of birds"), Humanitas, 1994 Chipuri și măști ale tranziției ("Faces and masks of the transition"), Humanitas, 1996 Transformări, inerții, dezordini. 22 de luni după 22 decembrie 1989 ("Transformations, inertias, disorders". 22 months after December 22, 1989"), co-authors Petre Roman and Elena Ștefoi), Polirom, 2002 Despre îngeri ("On angels"), Humanitas, 2003 Obscenitatea publică ("Public obscenity"), Humanitas, 2004 Comedii la porțile Orientului ("Comedies at gates of the Orient"), Humanitas, 2005 Despre bucurie în Est și în Vest și alte eseuri ("About Joy in East and West and other essays"), Humanitas, 2006 Despre frumusețea uitată a vieții ("About the Forgotten Beauty of Life"), Humanitas, 2011 Parabolele lui Iisus. Adevarul ca poveste ("Jesus' parables. The truth as story"), Humanitas, 2012 Audio books Despre îngeri ("On angels") Humanitas, 2003, 2005 Comédii la portile