The Resource A sacred space is never empty : a history of Soviet atheism, Victoria Smolkin
A sacred space is never empty : a history of Soviet atheism, Victoria Smolkin
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- Summary
- "When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off. Soviet power used a variety of tools--from education to propaganda to terror--to turn its vision of a Communist world without religion into reality. Yet even with its monopoly on ideology and power, the Soviet Communist Party never succeeded in overcoming religion and creating an atheist society. A Sacred Space Is Never Empty presents the first history of Soviet atheism from the 1917 revolution to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and in-depth interviews with those who were on the front lines of Communist ideological campaigns, Victoria Smolkin argues that to understand the Soviet experiment, we must make sense of Soviet atheism. Smolkin shows how atheism was reimagined as an alternative cosmology with its own set of positive beliefs, practices, and spiritual commitments. Through its engagements with religion, the Soviet leadership realized that removing religion from the "sacred spaces" of Soviet life was not enough. Then, in the final years of the Soviet experiment, Mikhail Gorbachev--in a stunning and unexpected reversal--abandoned atheism and reintroduced religion into Soviet public life. A Sacred Space Is Never Empty explores the meaning of atheism for religious life, for Communist ideology, and for Soviet politics."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages)
- Contents
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- The religious front: militant atheism under Lenin and Stalin
- The specter haunting Soviet Communism: antireligious campaigns under Khrushchev
- Cosmic enlightenment: Soviet atheism as science
- The ticket to the Soviet soul: Soviet atheism as worldview
- "We have to figure out where we lost people": Soviet atheism as social science
- The Communist Party between state and church: Soviet atheism and socialist rutuals
- The socialist way of life: Soviet atheism and spiritual culture
- Utopia's orphan: Soviet atheism and the death of the Communist project
- Isbn
- 9781400890101
- Label
- A sacred space is never empty : a history of Soviet atheism
- Title
- A sacred space is never empty
- Title remainder
- a history of Soviet atheism
- Statement of responsibility
- Victoria Smolkin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off. Soviet power used a variety of tools--from education to propaganda to terror--to turn its vision of a Communist world without religion into reality. Yet even with its monopoly on ideology and power, the Soviet Communist Party never succeeded in overcoming religion and creating an atheist society. A Sacred Space Is Never Empty presents the first history of Soviet atheism from the 1917 revolution to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and in-depth interviews with those who were on the front lines of Communist ideological campaigns, Victoria Smolkin argues that to understand the Soviet experiment, we must make sense of Soviet atheism. Smolkin shows how atheism was reimagined as an alternative cosmology with its own set of positive beliefs, practices, and spiritual commitments. Through its engagements with religion, the Soviet leadership realized that removing religion from the "sacred spaces" of Soviet life was not enough. Then, in the final years of the Soviet experiment, Mikhail Gorbachev--in a stunning and unexpected reversal--abandoned atheism and reintroduced religion into Soviet public life. A Sacred Space Is Never Empty explores the meaning of atheism for religious life, for Communist ideology, and for Soviet politics."--
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- Smolkin, Victoria,
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BL2765.S65
- LC item number
- S665 2018eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Atheism
- Soviet Union
- Communism and religion
- RELIGION
- HISTORY
- Atheism
- Soviet Union
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- A sacred space is never empty : a history of Soviet atheism, Victoria Smolkin
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- The religious front: militant atheism under Lenin and Stalin -- The specter haunting Soviet Communism: antireligious campaigns under Khrushchev -- Cosmic enlightenment: Soviet atheism as science -- The ticket to the Soviet soul: Soviet atheism as worldview -- "We have to figure out where we lost people": Soviet atheism as social science -- The Communist Party between state and church: Soviet atheism and socialist rutuals -- The socialist way of life: Soviet atheism and spiritual culture -- Utopia's orphan: Soviet atheism and the death of the Communist project
- Control code
- 1032303163
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages)
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- 9781400890101
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- (OCoLC)1032303163
- Label
- A sacred space is never empty : a history of Soviet atheism, Victoria Smolkin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- txt
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- Contents
- The religious front: militant atheism under Lenin and Stalin -- The specter haunting Soviet Communism: antireligious campaigns under Khrushchev -- Cosmic enlightenment: Soviet atheism as science -- The ticket to the Soviet soul: Soviet atheism as worldview -- "We have to figure out where we lost people": Soviet atheism as social science -- The Communist Party between state and church: Soviet atheism and socialist rutuals -- The socialist way of life: Soviet atheism and spiritual culture -- Utopia's orphan: Soviet atheism and the death of the Communist project
- Control code
- 1032303163
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400890101
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- LIBRARY COPY INCLUDES UNLIMITED USER PERPETUAL ACCESS TO EBOOK
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1zfq1bb
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1032303163
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