Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania by Cristina A. Bejan

Author:Cristina A. Bejan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030201654
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Elsewhere in the publication, philosophical issues are further explored, but all through the lens of their relevance to the Young Generation in Romania at that moment. A page in the first issue under the heading ‘Three Positions’ presents three different interpretations of the Young Generation’s interpretation of ‘the man of tomorrow.’ Noica, in ‘The Death of the Man of Tomorrow’ sarcastically and pessimistically concludes that they are making a mockery of this life.98 They are working for the man of tomorrow not to be thirsty or hungry, not to want for anything, preparing the ground for a better society in the future. But the man of tomorrow will never be satisfied and this effort will never end. Noica mocks technological advancement and the improvements of modernity by implying that electric light and the radio do not make the man of tomorrow feel better. Noica dramatically concludes, ‘What if [the man of tomorrow] never manages to think? Our planet one day hits another one? What if man’s spirit dies? If this man will die geologically or astronomically, instead of his dying at least spiritually.’99

Tell is also skeptical about the fight for the man of tomorrow. He claims that people are neither living for the man of tomorrow, nor for the man of today. Due to feeling empty and alone, the man of today needs a purpose. Fighting for the man of tomorrow brings him peace and constitutes his happiness. ‘Compromise is no longer satisfactory, the organic necessity of certainty transforms itself into the thirst for the absolute.’100 Tell identifies this behavior with people aligning with extremist doctrines:

The man who creates an ideal of happiness from equilibrium cannot find peace except in definite extremist positions. Reason is replaced by instinct. And instinct does not tolerate restrictions. Look at the people today who transform their lives without justification, popular beliefs are formed on a mystical foundation. See this exaltation and frenzy in which the people of my time live.101

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