Claudia Verhoeven

The Odd Man Karakozov

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Produktbeschreibung

Verhoeven demonstrates that Karakozov's attempt on the life of Alexander II inaugurated a new form of modern terrorist political violenceà â â the murder of a crowned ruler, conceived as a form of action and communication intended to catalyze revolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780801477577
• ISBN-10: 0801477573
• Artikelnr.: 33621016

Autorenporträt

Claudia Verhoeven is Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Translation, Dates, and Dramatis Personae
Introduction
1. From the Files of the Karakozov Case: The Virtual Birth of Terrorism
2. The Real Rakhmetov: The Image of the Revolutionary after Karakozov
3. "A Life for the Tsar": Tsaricide in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
4. Raskolnikov, Karakozov, and the Etiology of a "New Word"
5. Armiak; or "So Many Things in an Overcoat!"
6. "Factual Propaganda," an Autopsy; or, the Morbid Origins of April 4,
1866
7. The Head of the Tsaricide
Conclusion: The Point of April 4, 1866Appendixes
A. Dramatis Personae
B. Individuals Involved in the Investigation and Trials
C. The Karakozov Case, 1866-Present: Sources and HistoriographyList of
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index