Philosophy:State anti-religious publishing

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State anti-religious publishing (Russian: Государственное антирелигиозное издательство) was a Soviet publishing house, which existed from 1932 to 1942.[1][2]

History

It was created in 1932 in Moscow, Russia as part of OGIZ, a major government owned publishing house.[clarification needed][1] It was governed by the Central Board of the League of Militant Atheists.[1][2]

Directors

Publishing activities

It released anti-religious literature: books on various issues of atheism and the history of religion, the attitude of the CPSU (b)[clarification needed] about religion, about the origin of religion, history of religion[clarification needed – Unclear antecedent: duplicate or part of CPSU-related text?] and the church.[which?][1][2]

  • E.M. Yaroslavsky "against religion and the church," T. 1–5. (1932–1936) (Russian: Против религии и церкви)
  • I.I. Skvortsov-Stepanov's "Thoughts on Religion" (1936) (Russian: Мысли о религии)
  • V.K. Nikolsky "The Origin of Religion" (1940) (Russian: Происхождение религии)
  • A.B. Ranovicha "Essays on the History of the Early Church" (1941) (Russian: Очерки истории раннехристианской церкви)
  • Baruch Spinoza "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus" (1934)
  • P. Holbach "Selected works of anti-religious" (1934)
  • Ernst Haeckel "Riddle" (1937).

Newspaper "Bezbozhnik" and "Antireligioznik" magazines.[1][2]

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