Complex sentence: Rizescu (2005), p.287-288 "Istoria civilizaţiei..." was given imprimatur in 1972, but the comparisons Lovinescu makes between left-and right-wing totalitarianism were cut out, as was his tribute to liberal democracy.
Split into simpler sentences: Rizescu (2005), p.287-288 "Istoria civilizaţiei..." was given imprimatur in 1972. However, all of Lovinescu's comparatism between left-and right-wing totalitarianism was censored out, as was his tribute to liberal democracy.