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Title:

Freethought and atheism in Central and Eastern Europe : the development of secularity and nonreligion / edited by Tomas Bubik, Atko Remmel and David Vaclavik.

Edition:

1st edition.

Publisher:

RoutledgeTaylor & Francis Group,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Free thought--Europe, Central--History--20th century.
Free thought--Europe, Central--History--21st century.
Free thought--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Free thought--Europe, Eastern--History--21st century.
Atheism--Europe, Central--History--20th century.
Atheism--Europe, Central--Hisitory--21st century.
Atheism--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Atheism--Europe, Eastern--History--21st century.
Irreligion--Europe, Central--History--20th century.
Irreligion--Europe, Central--History--21st century.
Irreligion--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Irreligion--Europe, Eastern--History--21st century.
Secularism--Europe, Central--History--20th century.
Secularism--Europe, Central--History--21st century.
Secularism--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Secularism--Europe, Eastern--History--21st century.
Atheism.
Free thought.
Irreligion.
Secularism.
Central Europe.
Eastern Europe.
1900-2099
History.

Other Authors:

Bubik, Tomas, 1967- editor.
Remmel, Atko, editor.
Vaclavik, David, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"This book provides the first comprehensive overview of atheism, secularity and non-religion in Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In contrast to scholarship that has focused on the 'decline of religion' and secularization theory, the book builds upon recent trends to focus on the 'rise of non-religion' itself. While the label of 'post-communism' might suggest a generalized perception of the region, this survey reveals that the precise developments in each country before, after and even during the communist era are surprisingly diverse. A multinational team of contributors provide interdisciplinary case studies covering Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria. This approach utilises perspectives from social and intellectual history in combination with sociology of religion in order to cover the historical development of secularity and secular thought, complemented with sociological data. The study is framed by methodological and analytical chapters. Offering an important geographical perspective to the study of freethought, atheism, secularity and non-religion, this wide-ranging book will be of significant interest to scholars of twentieth-century social and intellectual history, sociology of religion and non-religion, cultural and religious studies, philosophy and theology"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Routledge studies in religion

ISBN:

0367226316
9780367226312

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1140357455

LCCN:

2019052669

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)