Rodnoverie was one of the first new religious movements to emerge following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its development providing an important lens through which to view changes in post-Soviet religious and political life. Rodnovers view social and political issues as inseparably linked to their religiosity but do not reflect the liberal values dominant among Western Pagans. Indeed, among the conservative and nationalist movements often associated with Rodnoverie in Russia, traditional anti-Western and anti-Semitic rhetoric has recently been overshadowed by anti-Islam and anti-migrant tendencies. Providing a fascinating overview of the history, organisations, adherents, beliefs and practices of Rodnoverie this book presents several different narratives; as a revival of the native Russian or Slavic religion, as a nature religion and as an alternative to modern values and lifestyles. Drawing upon primary sources, documents and books this analysis is supplemented with extensive fieldwork carried out among Rodnoverie communities in Russia and will be of interest to scholars of post-Soviet society, new religious movements and contemporary Paganism in general.
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Cover 1
Half Title 2
Series information 3
Title Page 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
List of Figures 8
List of Acronyms 9
Acknowledgements 10
1 Introduction 12
Fieldwork and Ethical Considerations 18
Some Central Concepts: Rodnoverie as a Religion 23
Notes 27
2 History of Rodnoverie 29
Prehistory of Rodnoverie: Romanticism and Western Esotericism 31
Paganism in Soviet Imagery 35
The Early Phases of Rodnoverie 37
The Period of Establishing the Movement 51
New Currencies and the Present Situation 64
Notes 68
3 Some Central Features of the Religion 74
Size and Composition of the Movement 74
Theology and Rituals 76
Notes 81
4 Saving the Nation 83
The Nationalistic Rodnoverie Narrative 88
Spirit, Blood and Soil 90
Saving the Culture 107
International Politics: Nationalism as a Guarantee of Social Solidarity and Justice 114
Summary 125
Notes 129
5 The End of ‘Mono-Ideologies’ 133
Pluralist Paganism as an Alternative to ‘Mono-Religions’ 138
Paganism as Folk Dissent 142
Freedom and Liberation 152
Summary 161
Notes 165
6 Back to the Real Thing 168
Seeking Communality 173
Consumerism and Anti-Materialism 178
Risk Society and Healthy Way of Life 190
Summary 193
Notes 195
7 Discussion and Conclusions 199
Notes 209
Bibliography 211
Index 229

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Paganism Traditionalism and Nationalism: Narratives of Russian Rodnoverie

Aitamurto, Kaarina.

Ashgate Publishing Limited

Taylor & Francis Group

Gower Publishing Ltd

Taylor and Francis

CRC Press

Studies in Contemporary Russia, Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar, 2016

Studies in contemporary Russia, London, 2016

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

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