10.5281/zenodo.3384424
https://zenodo.org/records/3384424
oai:zenodo.org:3384424
Uzlaner, Dmitry
Dmitry
Uzlaner
0000-0002-4377-3252
The Pussy Riot Case and the Peculiarities of Russian Post-Secularism
Zenodo
2014
Desecularization
"Punk Prayer"
post-secular
post- secular hybrids
Pussy Riot
2014-01-02
eng
10.5281/zenodo.3384423
https://zenodo.org/communities/postsecularconflicts
https://zenodo.org/communities/eu
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This article analyzes materials generated by and related to the Pussy Riot Trial, which was conducted in response to the scandalous “Punk Prayer” performed by the musical group on February 21, 2012 in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. These materials are used to illustrate the peculiarities of the post-secular situation in Russia, focusing on two particular issues: 1) The “Punk Prayer” and the religious-secular boundary; 2) The “Punk Prayer” and post-secular hybrids. Uzlaner emphasizes that post-secularism does not follow a single pattern and has not led to a unified normative vision. To understand the post-secular situation, we should turn our attention to collisions between different normative models of post-secularism, each supported by its own actors and activists. The Pussy Riot case and its discussion in the public sphere allow us to single out two such models: the “pro- authority” (supported by state and Church leadership) and the “oppositional” (supported by the political opposition and opposition within the Church).
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
676804
Postsecular Conflicts and the role of Russian Orthodoxy in the transnational alliances of moral conservative traditionalists