Marxism-Leninism as the Civil Religion of Soviet Society

God's Commissar

• Author(s): James Thrower,
• Publisher: E. Mellen Press
• Pages: 199
• ISBN_10: 0773491805
  ISBN_13: 9780773491809
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Russia / Soviet Era , Philosophy / Political , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , Religion / History , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... This study examines the phenomenon of Marxism-Leninism from a perspective of the history of religions, in order to cull the lessons that students of both religion and society might draw from the collapse of that once seemingly impregnable ideology. After considering the reasons advanced by a variety of scholars for calling Marxism-Leninism a religion, as well as at Marxism-Leninism's own claim to be a science, the author suggests that a more fruitful way of looking at is would be as a form of civil religion.