Religion in Secular Archives - Soviet Atheism and Historical Knowledge

Zusatztext This book is certainly valuable for stimulating deep contemplation of our role as historians and patrons of archival collections ... Luehrmann's insights are invaluable Informationen zum Autor Sonja Luehrmann is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Her research focuses on atheism, religion, and lived ideology in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. Klappentext Based on archival research in locations as diverse as the multi-religious Volga region, Moscow, and Texas, Sonja Luehrmann argues that we can learn a great deal about Soviet religiosity when we focus not just on what documents say but also on what they did. Zusammenfassung Based on archival research in locations as diverse as the multi-religious Volga region, Moscow, and Texas, Sonja Luehrmann argues that we can learn a great deal about Soviet religiosity when we focus not just on what documents say but also on what they did. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on Transcription, Translation, and Archival Citation Introduction: Secular Archives, Religious Trouble? Chapter 1: Acts of Documentation: 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 Bibliography

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• Authors: Sonja Luehrmann, Sonja (Assistant Professor of Anthropol Luehrmann, Sonja (assistant professor of anthropology Luehrmann, Luehrmann Sonja
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9780199943623
• ISBN: 978-0-19-994362-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Series on History and Archives; Oxford Series on History and A; Oxford History and Archives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era