Humanist Socialism and the Religion of Socialism
Red Faith II
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2026
Routledge (Verlag)
9781032710860 (ISBN)
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This book explores the historical relationships between socialist ideologies and religious or secular beliefs and cultures that shaper the modern socialist. Portraying the cultural preferences and existential attitudes of leading Marxists, exploring the British tradition of ‘the religion of socialism’ and excavating the forgotten interwovenness of Wagnerism with social democracy as well as Bolshevism, it brings to the fore how socialists have aspired to revolutionize modern art, culture and forms of living.
Since the birth modern socialism in the first decades of the 19th century, socialism has been represented by its enemies as an intoxicating, seductive form of religion. The fact that this is an anti-socialist trope does not mean that socialists themselves haven’t given voice to the same idea. This book examines the views of socialists who have held that their political views are grounded in a special view of life and think of this in terms of its being a form of immanent humanism.
Offering an evaluation of the usefulness of terms such as ‘religion’, ‘myth’ and ‘ritual’, Humanist Socialism and the Religion of Socialism explores the history of modern socialist movements. It will therefore appeal to scholars of intellectual history, political theory, political philosophy and cultural history with interests in varieties of socialism and its connection with ‘ultimate concerns’.
Since the birth modern socialism in the first decades of the 19th century, socialism has been represented by its enemies as an intoxicating, seductive form of religion. The fact that this is an anti-socialist trope does not mean that socialists themselves haven’t given voice to the same idea. This book examines the views of socialists who have held that their political views are grounded in a special view of life and think of this in terms of its being a form of immanent humanism.
Offering an evaluation of the usefulness of terms such as ‘religion’, ‘myth’ and ‘ritual’, Humanist Socialism and the Religion of Socialism explores the history of modern socialist movements. It will therefore appeal to scholars of intellectual history, political theory, political philosophy and cultural history with interests in varieties of socialism and its connection with ‘ultimate concerns’.
Stefan Arvidsson is Professor of the History of Religions at Linnæus University, Sweden. He is the author of Socialist Style and Mythology: Socialist Idealism, 1871-1914 (2017), Religion and Politics Under Capitalism: A Humanistic Approach to the Terminology (2019), Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology as Ideology and Science (2025) and the co-editor of Socialist Imaginations: Utopias, Myths, and the Masses (2018) with eds. Anja Kirsch and Jakub Benes.
Introduction; 1. Happy People: Humanist Socialism; 2. From Idealism to Vitalism: Religion of Socialism 1871–1914; 3. Mythic Politics and Communism: Religion of Socialism 1914–; Evaluation. Who is right?
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Critiques and Alternatives to Capitalism |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white; 35 Halftones, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781032710860 / 9781032710860 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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