جوانب نقد الاشتراکیة العلمیة فی فکر الشیخ محمود شلتوت – رحمه الله تعالى Aspects of the criticism of scientific socialism in the thought of sheikh Mahmoud Shaltout, may God have mercy on him

This chapter describes stereotypes of Polish–Jewish relations after the Second World War. Even though most Polish Jews were killed during the German occupation, the stereotype of Judaeo-communism survived the war. If anything, it was reinforced by a widespread consensus that Jews assisted the Soviets in the subjugation of the Polish Kresy in 1939–41. The establishment of the Lublin government in the aftermath of the war served to perpetuate this stereotype still further. Popular sentiment attributed a nefarious role to the Jews and portrayed them as particularly zealous collaborators with the security police serving the new regime. Was it indeed the case that the dominant post-war Jewish experience in Poland was imposing scientific socialism on reluctant fellow citizens and persecuting ethnic Poles? The chapter argues that the dominant Jewish experience in Poland after the Second World War was fear. It also considers the Special Commission (Komisja Specjalna) established by the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (Central Committee of Jews in Poland: CKŻP).

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"The Communist Manifesto" and the Lure of Scientific Socialism

Iberian Journal of the History of Economic Thought ◽

10.5209/ijhe.62428 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Pedro Schwartz

Keyword(s):

Communist Manifesto ◽

Scientific Socialism

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The Scientific Socialism of Marx and Engels

Liberty and Equality in Political Economy ◽

10.4337/9781784712532.00013 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 109-125

Keyword(s):

Scientific Socialism

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Promotion of Atheism as a Principle of the Communist Ideology - Case Study: Romania

Athens Journal of History ◽

10.30958/ajhis.7-2-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 117-140

Author(s):

Alin Goron

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Social Economic ◽

Second World War ◽

Eastern European ◽

World War ◽

European Area ◽

Communist Ideology ◽

Scientific Socialism ◽

Second World

The Communist ideology called for the denial of Christianity as a form of "mysticism" filled with "superstitions", but particularly as one of the factors that impeded social, economic and cultural progress. Scientific socialism, however, was meant to awaken class consciousness, setting Romanian society on a path towards true modernity. Thus a real battle ensued on the ideological front between two entities, the secular and ecclesiastical authorities, arising from the divide between traditional religious beliefs and atheist Marxism. The actions of the authorities against religious propaganda included both practical measures, which involved activities that filled the free time of the villagers, but also coercive measures consisting in political pressure or arrests. In spite of the communist regime's efforts to impose its own cultural agenda, the effects were long overdue, with rather modest results. Romania's forced development was faced with some inherent problems of the process of modernization and industrialization. The forced imposition of a foreign ideology to a conservative Eastern European area relying on obsolete mindsets, a society where 80% of the population lived in rural areas as of the end of the Second World War, required a longer period of time than the regime had originally planned.

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