"Godless Communists"
Atheism and Society in Soviet Russia, 1917–1932
Seiten
2002
Northern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87580-595-5 (ISBN)
Northern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87580-595-5 (ISBN)
Exploring the confrontation between atheism and the lower classes' traditional beliefs, this work offers a fresh interpretation of early Soviet efforts to create an atheistic, scientific society.
"Godless Communists" offers a fresh interpretation of early Soviet efforts to create an atheistic, scientific society. William B. Husband shows that religion, contrary to Bolshevik assertions, was not merely an expression of gullibility and ignorance but a firmly entrenched system for ordering family and community relationships. The Bolsheviks' efforts to abolish the Church failed because they underestimated how tightly religious beliefs were woven into the fabric of the Russians' daily lives. Exploring the confrontation between secularism and the lower classes' traditional beliefs, "Godless Communists" illustrates how developments between 1917 and 1932 shaped the attitudes toward religion and atheism that endure in Russia today.
"Godless Communists" offers a fresh interpretation of early Soviet efforts to create an atheistic, scientific society. William B. Husband shows that religion, contrary to Bolshevik assertions, was not merely an expression of gullibility and ignorance but a firmly entrenched system for ordering family and community relationships. The Bolsheviks' efforts to abolish the Church failed because they underestimated how tightly religious beliefs were woven into the fabric of the Russians' daily lives. Exploring the confrontation between secularism and the lower classes' traditional beliefs, "Godless Communists" illustrates how developments between 1917 and 1932 shaped the attitudes toward religion and atheism that endure in Russia today.
William B. Husband is Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University. He is the author of Revolution in the Factory: The Birth of the Soviet Textile Industry, 1917–1920 and the editor of The Human Tradition in Modern Russia.
Introduction
1. Belief and Nonbelief in Prerevolutionary Russia
2. Revolution and Antireligious Policy
3. Materialism and the Secularization of Society
4. Soviet Family Values
5. Resistance, Circumvention, Accommodation
Epilogue
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Reihe/Serie | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-87580-595-7 / 0875805957 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-87580-595-5 / 9780875805955 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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