Jewish Identity and the Russian Revolution: A Case Study of Radical Activism in the Russian Empire

Golda Akhiezer

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2013, vol. 25, issue 4, 561-575

Abstract: The article deals with Jewish revolutionaries in the Russian Empire from the 1880s until the October Revolution of 1917, approaching them through the prism of their identity crisis during a period of transition. The author's aim is to uncover the cultural and psychological mechanisms of Jewish radical motivation and to elucidate the factors which led to the formation of a radical consciousness and to growth in radical activity. Some of these mechanisms are universal, while others specifically characterize Jewish society in Russia. Equally essential are the modes of transformation of traditional Jewish concepts into the specific elements of revolutionary ideologies.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2013.814496

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