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[[File:BorisKlinchNoReligion.png|right|thumb|1928 [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] postcard by Boris Klinch showing a worker destroying [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Judaism]], and [[Buddhism]].]] | [[File:BorisKlinchNoReligion.png|right|thumb|1928 [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] postcard by Boris Klinch showing a worker destroying [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Judaism]], and [[Buddhism]].]] | ||
'''Atheism''' is, at its simplest, the lack of belief in any form of gods or divinity. [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[dialectical materialism]] is inherently atheistic and puts the [[Materialism|material world]] in a primary position. Various [[Socialist state|socialist states]] have sought to encourage scientific atheism in their society through policies such as [[state atheism]]. | '''Atheism''' is, at its simplest, the lack of belief in any form of [[Religion|gods or divinity]]. [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[dialectical materialism]] is inherently atheistic and puts the [[Materialism|material world]] in a primary position. Various [[Socialist state|socialist states]] have sought to encourage scientific atheism in their society through policies such as [[state atheism]]. | ||
==Forms== | |||
===Bourgeois vs. socialist atheism=== | |||
The atheism of Marxism diverges from that of [[Liberalism|liberal]] and other [[Capitalism|capitalist]] outlooks in that it does not merely criticize atheism in an abstract, [[Idealism|idealist]] sense which often results in blaming religions on individual [[Proletariat|workers]], but actively seeks to understand the material foundation of religion to begin with so as to better address the needs of the people.<ref>Vladimir Lenin (1909). [[Library:The Attitude of the Workers’ Party to Religion|''The Attitude of the Workers' Party to Religion'']].</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[State atheism]] | * [[State atheism]] | ||
* [[Agnosticism]] | * [[Agnosticism]] | ||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 7 September 2025
Atheism is, at its simplest, the lack of belief in any form of gods or divinity. Marxist dialectical materialism is inherently atheistic and puts the material world in a primary position. Various socialist states have sought to encourage scientific atheism in their society through policies such as state atheism.
Forms
Bourgeois vs. socialist atheism
The atheism of Marxism diverges from that of liberal and other capitalist outlooks in that it does not merely criticize atheism in an abstract, idealist sense which often results in blaming religions on individual workers, but actively seeks to understand the material foundation of religion to begin with so as to better address the needs of the people.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Vladimir Lenin (1909). The Attitude of the Workers' Party to Religion.