Pray for Brother Alexander
Pray for Brother Alexander by Constantin Noica is a reflective work published by punctum books in 2018, comprising 152 pages in English. This book presents a meditation on themes of responsibility, freedom, and forgiveness, drawing from Noica’s experiences during his imprisonment in a communist political prison in Romania. It offers an introspective look at how one can maintain sanity amidst chaos, moving beyond mere historical recounting to explore deeper philosophical inquiries.
Readers will find that Noica’s writing engages with universal philosophical themes while remaining rooted in the specific cultural and political context of his life. The text not only recounts his personal experiences but also serves as a commentary on the broader implications of political persecution in Eastern Europe following World War II. This volume is particularly relevant for scholars and students interested in the history of philosophy, continental philosophy, and the political landscape of the time.
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Constantin Noica’s (1909-1987) Pray for Brother Alexander is a meditation on responsibility, freedom, and forgiveness. On the surface, the book describes events and people from Noica’s life during his time in a political communist prison in Romania. However, the volume is not a historical account only, but rather an honest introspection into how a human being may keep sanity when everything around him makes no sense.
Unlike his famous Romanian contemporaries, scholar Mircea Eliade, dramatist Eugen Ionescu, and philosopher Emil Cioran, who lived abroad, Constantin Noica did not leave communist Romania. Considered an “anti-revolutionary” thinker, Noica was placed under house arrest in Câmpulung-Muscel between 1949 and 1958. In 1958, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released after 6 years, and Pray for Brother Alexander covers his experiences during this time. In his writings, Noica rekindles universal themes of philosophy, but he deals with them in a profoundly original manner, based on the culture in which he lived and for which he even suffered persecution.
The volume will be of great of interest to scholars and students in history of philosophy and continental philosophy, but also to people interested in the recent history of Eastern Europe and the political persecution that took place after WWII in those countries.
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