Child Sacrifice in the Soviet Press: Sensationalism and the "Sectarian" in the Post-Stalin Era
Child Sacrifice in the Soviet Press: Sensationalism and the "Sectarian" in the Post-Stalin Era
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苏联媒体中的儿童牺牲：后斯大林时代的煽情主义和“宗派”
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10.1111/russ.10728
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2014
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DOBSON M
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DOBSON M
血腥诽谤通常与反犹太主义传统联系在一起，但在20世纪50年代和60年代初的苏联无神论宣传中，被指控按仪式杀害幼儿的是福音派基督徒。在现有的学术文献中，赫鲁晓夫时代的反宗教运动往往被解释为追求科学、理性的现代性，但通过关注血腥诽谤，我发现了它们更耸人听闻的维度。在报纸和其他出版材料中发现的令人震惊和情绪化的故事和图像对大众的想象力产生了强大的影响，即使在1964年之后苏联政府批评这种做法时，人们仍然担心会有“宗派”阴谋。根据档案中的两个案例研究，我详细审查了法律程序、媒体报道和公众反应，我建议，对血腥诽谤的信仰不仅应该从对宗教边界的担忧方面理解，而且可能主要是从对儿童安全的焦虑方面理解。
The blood libel is normally associated with anti‐Semitic traditions, but in Soviet atheist propaganda of the 1950s and early 1960s it was evangelical Christians who were accused of ritually killing young children. In the existing scholarly literature, the anti‐religious campaigns of the Khrushchev era tend to be explained in terms of a quest for scientific, rational modernity, but by focusing on the blood libel I uncover a rather more sensationalist dimension to them. The shocking and emotive stories and images found in the press and other published materials had a powerful impact on the popular imagination, and even when the Soviet government criticized such approaches after 1964, fears of a “sectarian” conspiracy remained. Drawing on two case‐studies from the archives, I examine in detail the legal proceedings, the press coverage, and public reactions and I suggest that belief in the blood libel should be understood not only in terms of concerns over religious boundaries but also, and perhaps primarily, in relation to anxiety about the safety of children.