The Renaissance of Ethnography from the Spirit of Atheism? Research on Contemporary Sectarianism in the Context of N.S. Khrushchev’s Anti-Religious Campaigns

Huhn, Ulrike

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The Renaissance of Ethnography from the Spirit of Atheism? Research on “Contemporary Sectarianism” in the Context of N.S. Khrushchev’s Anti-Religious Campaigns

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The Renaissance of Ethnography from the Spirit of Atheism? Research on “Contemporary Sectarianism” in the Context of N.S. Khrushchev’s Anti-Religious Campaigns

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in Russia’s Central Black Soil Area. They dedicated themselves to an issue that was for various reasons quite sensitive: “religious sectarianism”. In the context of the anti-religious campaign launched by Khrushchev, this research was on the one hand intended to scientifically underscore the state propaganda. On the other, the research team headed by the ethnographer and specialist on religion, Aleksandr Klibanov, had to deal with the problem of how – as atheists on a state mission – to attain reliable information from their interview partners. As members of “sects”, the latter were regarded as potentially “subversive” and thus subject to persecution. In the field, the researchers thus developed forms of participant observation whose results were greatly appreciated by the state, but methodologically criticized as extremely questionable and unworthy of party and Komsomol members. In this article, I explore the interplay between the various state, party, and academic institutions as well as the interaction between Moscow and the regions in which the research was conducted. This allows me to identify important elements in the political framework of academic work and methodological self-reflection within Soviet ethnography during the Thaw period of the country’s history.

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history of ethnography, methods, Soviet ethnography, USSR, study of religion, sectarianism, atheism, anti-religious campaigns

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GOST	Huhn U. The Renaissance of Ethnography from the Spirit of Atheism? Research on “Contemporary Sectarianism” in the Context of N.S. Khrushchev’s Anti-Religious Campaigns // Ethno review. – 2018. – Issue 2 C. 100-121 . DOI: 10.31857/S50000339-5-1
MLA	Huhn, Ulrike "The Renaissance of Ethnography from the Spirit of Atheism? Research on “Contemporary Sectarianism” in the Context of N.S. Khrushchev’s Anti-Religious Campaigns." Ethno review. 2 (2018).:100-121. DOI: 10.31857/S50000339-5-1
APA	Huhn U. (2018). The Renaissance of Ethnography from the Spirit of Atheism? Research on “Contemporary Sectarianism” in the Context of N.S. Khrushchev’s Anti-Religious Campaigns. Ethno review. no. 2, pp.100-121 DOI: 10.31857/S50000339-5-1

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