The odd man Karakozov : Imperial Russia, modernity, and the birth of terrorism / Claudia Verhoeven.
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TextPublication details: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2009Description: x, 231 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780801446528 (hbk.)Subject(s): Karakozov, Dmitrīĭ Vladimīrovich, 1840-1866 | Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881 -- Assassination attempt, 1866 | Terrorism -- Russia -- History -- 19th century | Political violence -- Russia -- History -- 19th century | Russia -- History -- Alexander II, 1855-1881DDC classification: 947.08/1092 LOC classification: DK219.6.K28 | V47 2009Online resources: Table of contents only Summary: On April 4, 1866, just as Alexander II stepped out of Saint Petersburg's Summer Garden and onto the boulevard, a young man named Dmitry Karakozov pulled out a pistol and shot at the tsar. He missed, but his "unheard-of act" changed the course of Russian history-and gave birth to the revolutionary political violence known as terrorism. Because Karakozov was decidedly strange, sick, and suicidal, his failed act of political violence has long been relegated to a footnote of Russian history. In The Odd Man Karakozov, however, Claudia Verhoeven argues that it is precisely this neglected, exceptional case that sheds a new light on the origins of terrorism. The book not only demonstrates how the idea of terrorism first emerged from the reception of Karakozov's attack, but also, importantly, what was really at stake in this novel form of political violence, namely, the birth of a new, modern political subject.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index.
On April 4, 1866, just as Alexander II stepped out of Saint Petersburg's Summer Garden and onto the boulevard, a young man named Dmitry Karakozov pulled out a pistol and shot at the tsar. He missed, but his "unheard-of act" changed the course of Russian history-and gave birth to the revolutionary political violence known as terrorism. Because Karakozov was decidedly strange, sick, and suicidal, his failed act of political violence has long been relegated to a footnote of Russian history. In The Odd Man Karakozov, however, Claudia Verhoeven argues that it is precisely this neglected, exceptional case that sheds a new light on the origins of terrorism. The book not only demonstrates how the idea of terrorism first emerged from the reception of Karakozov's attack, but also, importantly, what was really at stake in this novel form of political violence, namely, the birth of a new, modern political subject.
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