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Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' and the Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR
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Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' and the Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR
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Table of contents
- Foreword by Maxime Rodinson
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Note on Transliteration
- PART ONE: THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION
- 1. The Classical Marxist Critique of Religion
- 2. The Marxist-Leninist Critique of Religion
- PART TWO: 'SCIENTIFICAL ATHEISM' AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND ATHEISM IN THE USSR
- 3. Prolegomena: The Programme of 'Scientific Atheism'
- 4. The Contemporary 'Scientific Atheist' Critique of Religion
- 5. The History of Religion
- 6. The History of Atheism, Free-Thinking and Humanism
- 7. 'Scientific Atheism' and the 'Concrete' Sociological Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR
- PART THREE: CRITIQUE OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION
- 8. The Marxist-Leninist Understanding of Religion
- 9. Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' as the Science of Religion
- 10. Conclusion
- Appendices
- I. The 1954 and 1963 resolutions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: 'On errors in the conduct of scientific and atheist propaganda among the populace' and on 'elimination of survivals of capitalism in the minds and behaviour of people'
- II. Content of courses in 'scientific atheism'
- III. S. A. Tokarev on the history of religion
- IV. Bibliographical survey of Soviet work relating to Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index