The odd man Karakozov : Imperial Russia, modernity, and the birth of terrorism /
Verhoeven, Claudia,1972-
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,
2009.
By looking at the history that produced Karakozov and, in turn, the history that Karakozov produced, Verhoeven shows terrorism as a phenomenon inextricably linked to the foundations of the modern world: capitalism, ideology, technology, enlightened law and scientific reason, and people's participation in politics and the making of history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index.
From the files of the Karakozov case : the virtual birth of terrorism -- The real Rakhmetov : the image of the revolutionary after Karakozov -- "A life for the Tsar" : tsaricide in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Raskolnikov, Karakozov, and the etiology of a "new word" -- Armiak; or, "So many things in an overcoat!" -- "Factual propaganda," an autopsy; or, The morbid origins of April 4, 1866 -- The head of the tsaricide -- Conclusion : the point of April 4, 1866.
By looking at the history that produced Karakozov and, in turn, the history that Karakozov produced, Verhoeven shows terrorism as a phenomenon inextricably linked to the foundations of the modern world: capitalism, ideology, technology, enlightened law and scientific reason, and people's participation in politics and the making of history.
Karakozov, Dmitrīĭ Vladimīrovich, 1840-1866.
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881
Terrorism
Political violence