Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article deals with Einar Adamson (1894–1953), a Swedish atheist, newspaper man and leftist political activist based in Gothenburg, who was most productive during the interwar period. It uses Adamson to advance the concept of entangled atheism—that is, an understanding of atheism as a transnational phenomenon, as well as a phenomenon closely related to other issues and engagements. Adamson’s involvement in the transnational communist and Esperantist movements is the key to understanding his atheism. The article argues that the biographical method is suited to understand such historical entanglements. Apart from discussing entangled atheism and the relation between secularist studies and biography, this article aims to contribute to an understanding of atheism in interwar Sweden—a period neglected in existing scholarship.
Source: Secular Studies
Author: Anton Jansson
Institution: University of Gothenburg
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Vetenskapsrådet
OpenAlex ID: W4409514213