Everything about Nichifor Crainic totally explained
Nichifor Crainic (
December 22 1889,
Bulbucata,
Giurgiu County—
August 20 1972,
Mogoşoaia) was a
Romanian writer, editor, philosopher, poet and
theologian. Crainic was also a professor of theology at the
Bucharest Theological Seminary and the
Chişinău Faculty of Theology.
In
1940 he was elected member of the
Romanian Academy. He studied Theology at the Seminary in Bucharest, and received his
Ph.D. diploma from the
University of Vienna. Crainic developed an ideology given the name
Gândirism (from
gând – "thought"), a
nationalist and neo-
Orthodox Christian social and cultural trend. He edited
Gândirea magazine, and collaborated with numerous other publications such as
Ramuri,
România Nouă,
Cuvântul, and
Sfarmă-Piatră. He was also the editor in chief of the newspaper
Calendarul.
He was a convinced
antisemite, although he took his prejudice to be a reflection of the message of the
Gospels more than a vision of
racial hierarchies. His beliefs were a major influence on the
Iron Guard legionary movement, although Crainic viewed himself as a supporter of the legionnaires' rival
King Carol II. In a 1938 essay, he theoretised the "
ethnocratic state" as applied to Romania:
» "
Our state has been a monarchy throughout its history. Monarchy is what gives this state its continuity. The crown of Romanian kings symbolises the greatness of the people and the permanence of Romanian awareness. (...)
The ethnocratic state differs profoundly from the democratic state. The democratic state relies on population figures, without distinction of race or religion. The basis of the ethnocratic state is the Romanian soil and the Romanian kin. (...) » Today, people of other races and creeds live on Romanian soil. These have arrived here through the means of invading (as the
Hungarians have), through
colonisation (as the
Germans have), or through skillful infiltrations (as
Jews have). (...)
The Jews are a permanent danger for any nation-state."
A fulfilment of ethnocracy was to be achieved through the means of a monarch-led
corporatist system:
» "
Once popularised and accepted by the entire nation, carried out by government teams hand-picked from professional elites and controlled by Parliament, [aplan to redress Romania] will be overseen by His Majesty the King.(...)
The corporatist regime culminates in the kingly authority."
Nichifor Crainic was imprisoned by the authorities of
Communist Romania in 1947, and spent 15 years in
Văcăreşti and
Aiud prisons. He was expelled from the Academy by the Communist regime.
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