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Marxist–Leninist atheism, also known as Marxist–Leninist scientific atheism, is the antireligious element of Marxism–Leninism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Based upon a dialectical-materialist understanding of humanity's place in nature , Marxist–Leninist atheism proposes that religion is the opium of the people ; thus, Marxism–Leninism advocates ...
Marxism includes a complex array of views that cover several different fields of human knowledge and one may easily distinguish between Marxist philosophy, Marxist sociology and Marxist economics. Marxist sociology and Marxist economics have no connection to religious issues and make no assertions about such things.
Mark Mendelevich Persits (Russian: Марк Менделевич Персиц, ~ 1908–1986) was a Soviet propagandist of atheism, a scientific worker in the study of problems of religion and atheism, a writer, and a historian of social thought. [1] Persits was senior researcher at the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences. [2]
Scientific atheism may refer to: Marxist–Leninist atheism, a communist doctrine and philosophical science formerly promoted in the Eastern Bloc; New Atheism, a 21st-century atheist movement; Relationship between religion and science, more general discussion
The Marxist notion that human beliefs were determined by material conditions [2] had been used to support the 'rightist' argument that religion would go away on its own once the state developed, and that rather than teaching people atheism and giving anti-religious propaganda, people should instead be taught natural sciences and they would then ...
Adrian Johnston has published and co-edited a number of books, listed here. He is also a co-editor of the book series Diaeresis at Northwestern University Press.. Time Driven: Metapsychology and the Splitting of the Drive (Northwestern University Press, 2005)
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Marxism and the Moral Point of View: Morality, Ideology, and Historical Materialism, 1989. ISBN 0-8133-0653-1; Equality and Liberty: A Defense of Radical Egalitarianism, 1986. ISBN 0-8476-7516-5; Philosophy and Atheism, 1985. ISBN 0-87975-289-0; An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, 1983. ISBN 0-312-43310-7; Marx and Morality, 1981.