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BUDDHISM IN THE RUSSIAN DESECULARIZATION PROCESSES (MATERIALS OF BURYATIA)
BUDDHISM IN THE RUSSIAN DESECULARIZATION PROCESSES (MATERIALS OF BURYATIA)

Author(s): Darima Amogolonova
Subject(s): Politics and religion, Evaluation research, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts
Keywords: Russian desecularization; Buddhism; Soviet ideology;

Summary/Abstract: When speaking about desecularization we keep in mind that the term refers simultaneously to methodological level and to specific social practices that are very characteristic of the post-Soviet space. One can see that the current situation of recent and rapidly acquired religiosity is similar in some respects to Soviet atheism as a characteristic of social consciousness: in both cases, personal choice reflects the ideological landscape, and contemporary public culture performs the function of compulsion to no lesser degree than the Soviet ideological diktat.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 68-82
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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