Religion in Secular Archives : Soviet Atheism and Historical Knowledge
Sonja. Luehrmann
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (257 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Religion in Secular Archives""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Transcription, Translation, and Archival Citation""; ""Introduction: Secular Archives, Religious Trouble?""; ""Chapter 1 Documentary Acts: Archival Genres in Anti-Religious Struggle""; ""Chapter 2 Mirrored Fragments: Archives and Memory""; ""Chapter 3 From Documents to Books, and Back: Atheist Sociology through an Archival Lens""; ""Chapter 4 Counter-Archives: Sympathy on Record""; ""Epilogue: Reversible History and Fragile Archives""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"". - Russian archives contain a wealth of information on religiosity during the Soviet era, but most of it is written from the hostile perspective of officials and scholars charged with promoting atheism. Based on archival research in locations as diverse as the multi-religious Volga region, Moscow, and Texas, this book argues that much can be learned about Soviet religiosity by a focus not just on what documents say but also on what their originators did.
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| Geografisk emneord | Sovjetunionen : (NO-TrBIB)HUME03767
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| ISBN | 9780199943623
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