Competing Moral Discourses in Russia: Soviet Legacy and Post-Soviet Controversies

Today’s Russia is characterized by a great diversity of moral discourses expressing institutional and individual moral concepts, which come into conflict with each other over almost all socially significant issues. This research sets out to demonstrate that the intention of the Russian Orthodox Chur...

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Main Author: Stepanova, Elena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
In: Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 340-360
Further subjects:B Eastern Europe
B political religion
B Ideology
B Socialism
B Christian politics
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