Open Access‘How to Build a Godless Corner:’ Oppression, Propaganda, Resistance and the Soviet Secularization Experiment
Author(s) -
Marie-Christine Jutras
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
constellations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-0509
DOI - 10.29173/cons8054
Subject(s) - oppression , faith , secularization , resistance (ecology) , government (linguistics) , variety (cybernetics) , political science , sociology , law , religious studies , philosophy , epistemology , politics , computer science , ecology , linguistics , artificial intelligence , biology
The Soviet government utilized a variety of tactics while attempting to secularize the U.S.S.R. Oppression of the Russian Orthodox Church demonstrates how interconnected faith and the former tsarist regime were. It is ironic that while trying to wipe out religion, the Bolsheviks replacement methods carried religious-type qualities as well.