Ethnicity and Faith in Eastern Europe

Traveling through the Soviet Union today, visiting regions as distinctive as Byelorussia, Georgia and Estonia, is to be aware of the potency of tradition, long-standing social habits, deep-seated religious beliefs, often linked to passionate sentiments of nationality. Whether, under the pressures of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 1990-01, Vol.119 (1), p.279-294
1. Verfasser:	Gellner, Ernest
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alcohol drinking Analysis Beliefs Civil society Cultural anthropology Eastern Europe Economic stagnation Ethnicity ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC GROUPS Ethnology Europe Europe, East Faith Governmental reform Historical Development Jewish peoples Minority & ethnic groups National liberation movements NATIONALISM Nationalism and socialism Peasant class Perestroika Politics Religion RELIGION (IN GENERAL) Religion Politics Relationship Russia Russian culture Social aspects Social conditions & trends Socialism Towns UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS World wars
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Zusammenfassung:	Traveling through the Soviet Union today, visiting regions as distinctive as Byelorussia, Georgia and Estonia, is to be aware of the potency of tradition, long-standing social habits, deep-seated religious beliefs, often linked to passionate sentiments of nationality. Whether, under the pressures of perestroika, ethnic associations will help revive civil society, but restrain aggressive nationalisms, is an open question.
ISSN:	0011-5266 1548-6192