The Odd Man Karakozov by Claudia Verhoeven

The Odd Man Karakozov by Claudia Verhoeven

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

The Odd Man Karakozov is a subtle, challenging, and imaginative workIt deserves to be widely read not just by students of modern Russian history but by all those interested in modern political violence and its interpenetration with forms of subjectivity, art, and mass culture.

-- Daniel Beer * Slavic Review *

Verhoeven argues that modern terrorism began in nineteenth-century Russia... on April 4, 1866, [when] Dmitry Karakozov attempted to assassinate Czar Alexander II.... Verhoeven's thesis is comprehensive and thought provoking. She places the attempted assassination within the political context of social changes in Russia and other parts of Europe. She achieves this goal, incorporating the roles of Russian law, technological change, the emerging and competing media, and the advent of modernity. It is an outstanding analysis.

-- Jonathan R. White * The Historian *

Verhoeven's careful inspection of Karakozov's failed assassination of Alexander II reads like an extremely well-researched detective story.

-- Lonny Harrison * Slavic and East European Journal *

Verhoeven's powers of observation are formidable, her insights startlingly original, and her narrative masterfully staged on the level of the scene, the sentence, and the word.

-- Lynn Patyk * Russian Review *

Claudia Verhoeven is Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University.

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ISBN 13	9780801477577
ISBN 10	0801477573
Title	The Odd Man Karakozov
Author	Claudia Verhoeven
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Year published	2011-07-14
Number of pages	248
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