A Case Study in Soviet Political Religion
Modernism,The USSR in Construction, and Stalin's Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4828112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Feldman (0000-0002-2494-6533, University of Northampton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 685-697 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00320.x |
| OpenAlex | W1599847811 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
The following article provides a case study in political religion theory via exploration of a neglected Soviet journal, theUSSR in Construction[SSSR na Stroike]. This journal, which appeared between January 1930 and June 1941, was ultimately published in five languages, and represented an important, propagandistic face to the non-communist world. Despite the entrenchment of Socialist Realism at the time, this avant-garde publication continued to be published monthly by Stalin's regime - until the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. Contributors may be seen as propagandists, strangely enough, in an etymological sense: propagators of a faith - in this case a 'political theology'- on behalf of a Stalinist utopia that they believed was currently 'under construction
Art history · Communism · Economic history · Epistemology · Faith · Nazism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realism · Social science · Sociology · Soviet union · Theology · Utopia · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
Politics as Religion
Clerical Fascism in Interwar Europe
Totalitarianism and Political Religions, Volume 1
Religious Experience Reconsidered
The Sacralisation of politics
Thoughts on the Significance of Mass‐media Communications in the Third Reich and the GDR
Visual Stalinism from the Perspective of Heroisation
Godless Intellectuals
When Photographs Speak, To Whom Do They Talk? The Origins and Audience of SSSR na stroike (USSR in Construction)
Histoires croisées
The origins of totalitarianism
Totalitarian Religions
The status of ideology in the return of political religion theory
Russian Constructivism
Marxism and Secular Faith
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |