Les figures de la laicite postsovietique en Russie
In: Critique internationale: revue comparative de sciences sociales, Heft 3, S. 51-64
Abstract
The Russian state is formally secular. Several elements, however, suggest that the principle of secularism has run out of steam in Russia. These include the absence of real debate concerning this particular question, growing state control over social forces, the increasing visibility of the Russian church in public spaces & the persecution to which many religious minorities are subjected. In addition to supporting this observation, which is based on a normative approach to secularism, a consideration of the social construction of relations between church & state allows one to assess the degree of secularization attained by Russia. This is the result of conflicts & compromises between social actors who identify with secular principles or who, conversely, condemn them in order to advance their own positions. In Russia, relations between politics & religion are defined according to the principle of "hierarchized pluralism" & are explained by the predominance of the collective over the individual in representations. As a central element of tradition, religion is a legitimizing factor of the social order. Representations of secularism, for their part, draw upon the Soviet heritage as well as liberal perceptions. Adapted from the source document.
Themen
Churches, Religions, Representation, Secularism, Russia, Conflict
Sprachen
Französisch
Verlag
Presses de Sciences Po, Paris France
ISSN: 1149-9818, 1290-7839
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