Soviet psyhology of religion in 1960–1970s: marginalia

Religion and Nationality: The Transformation of Jewish Identity in the Soviet Union

Marginalia on the Topic of Identity

Thucydides, citing Pericles’ speech in praise of the soldiers who fell at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, presented an exceptionally revealing description of national identity, through the essence of Athenian social institutions. Now, nearly two and a half millennia later, it is difficult to be more eloquent and clear. My topic, however, is altogether a different matter – genes. I would...

Marginalia to a Theorem of Jacopini

The copyright law of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Any copying of this document without permission of its author may be prohibited by law. INTRODUCTION In this note we consider the problem of whether a combinator P can consistently (in most cases with beta conversion) be assumed to satisfy the functional...

Psychoanalytic Theories of Religion in Protestant Contexts

Psychoanalysts since Sigmund Freud have tried to discuss the role of religion in modern societies. Freud himself saw religion as an illusion which had struck neurotics, while Slavoj Žižek viewed it as some sort of “perversion” which functioned in the cycle of law-transgression. In this essay, I dig into these theories to uncover traces of Lutheran interpretations of Paul’s words on the Jewish l...

Religious Culture: Faith in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia