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.

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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

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