Social and Political Nationalism of the Romanian Interwar Period and its Philosophical Origins
Social and Political Nationalism of the Romanian Interwar Period and its Philosophical Origins
– Nichifor Crainic in the Light of Far-Right Ultra-Nationalism –
Author(s): Ioan Emanuel CăşveanSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Sociology, Theology and Religion
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: Ethnocratic state; social Darwinism; gândirism (Romanian philosophical movement derived from the word ‘’thinking’’ and the homonym magazine); autochthony; neo-orthodoxy; militant nationalism;
Summary/Abstract: This article tries to set the basis of a discussion regarding the link between Nichifor Crainic’s philosophical, theological, and political thought & work (in view of his ethnographic state as a mandatory solution for the shaping of the interwar Romanian society) based on a Christian-orthodox fundamental belief, and the emergence of a powerful Romanian extreme right movement during same period of time – not excluding from the discussion Crainic’s direct or indirect influence in this case. Our proposal is to pinpoint the link between the emergence of Crainic’s philosophical and political convictions to a preexistent substratum of intertwining between fundamental nationalism, cultural, popular, or religious beliefs, a type of intolerance, and the acceptance of the foreigner among Romanian traditional communities.
Journal: Astra Salvensis - revista de istorie si cultura
- Issue Year: VI/2018
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 485-494
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English