Jews and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Russia

ISBN-13: 9780521460095 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 364 str.

Erich E. Haberer

Opis

Jews and Revolution in Nineteenth Century Russia is a comprehensive study of the participation of Jewish people in the Russian revolutionary movement of the nineteenth century. Approaching the subject from various angles--cultural, sociological, psychological and political--it examines when and why Jews joined the Russian revolution, the importance of their contribution, and the extent to which their roles were determined by their Jewishness. The book offers a new perspective on a Jewish community in the grip of modernity, and a new understanding of those who sought their salvation in revolution.

Recenzje

"This book is an important advance in our understanding of the Russian revolutionary movement and the role of Jews in it. ...all students of the Russian revolutionary movement and of Russian Jewish history will learn a great deal from this volume." Zvi Gitelman, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism

Spis treści

Preface. 1. Introduction: The beginnings of Russian Jewish radicalism, 1790–1868; Part I. The Chaikovskii Circles: Jewish Radicals in the Formative Stage of Revolutionary Populism: 2. Jewish student activists in St Petersburg; 3. Chaikhovskyist Jews in Moscow, Odessa, and Kiev; 4. The rebellious Jewish youth of Vilna; 5. Socialist Jews and Russian populism; Part II. The Land and Freedom Party: Jews and the Politicisation of Revolutionary Populism, 1875–1879: 6. Jewish 'generals of revolution'; 7. The heresy of political terrorism; Part III. The Party of the People's Will: Jewish Terrorists of Socialist Conviction, 1879–1887: 8. Motives of revolution; 9. Technicians of terrorism; 10. The pogroms of 1881–1882; 11. Epigones and pioneers; 12. Conclusion: Haskalah and the socialist promise of salvation; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.