The history of scientific atheism : a comparative study of Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union (1954-1991) /

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Author / Creator:	Tesař, Jan, 1933- author.
Imprint:	Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [2019] ©2019
Description:	355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Religiöse Kulturen im Europa der Neuzeit ; Band16 Religiöse Kulturen im Europa der Neuzeit ; Bd. 16.
Subject:	Atheism -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century. Atheism -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century. Atheism. Religion. Czechoslovakia -- Religion. Soviet Union -- Religion. Czechoslovakia. Soviet Union. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11969548

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ISBN:	3525310862 9783525310861
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The book analyses under what conditions was it possible to develop scientific atheism which was by the contemporaries in the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia understood not only as a branch of propaganda but as a specific scholarly discipline.0It maps out not only the state of affairs before the organizational changes allowed the emergence of research but also analyses the motivation which led the historical actors to make such decision in both national contexts.0One of the key findings is undoubtedly the fact that scientific atheism developed as a new type of thinking about religious phenomena within the context of Marxist-Leninist epistemological doctrine. Moreover, if the socio-political conditions were favorable, it also contributed to the rethinking of the key aspects of Marxist doctrine.0The comparative analysis allows to draw conclusions about the existence of specifically Soviet and Czechoslovakian scientific atheism and questions the level of sovietization in this context.

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