The Making of Jewish Revolutionaries in the Pale of Settlement: Community and Identity During the Russian Revolution and Its Immediate Aftermath, 1905 - Hardcover

by I. Shtakser (Author)

This book examines the emotional aspects of revolutionary experience during a critical turning point in both Russian and Jewish history - the 1905 revolution. Shtakser argues that radicalization involved an emotional transformation, which enabled many young revolutionaries to develop an activist attitude towards reality.

Author Biography

Dr Inna Shtakser is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Cummins Center for Russian and East European Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Previously she taught at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, at Dalhousie University, Canada, and at Apeejay Stya University, India. Her published articles reflect her interest in Late Imperial Russian and Russian-Jewish history as well as her interest in social movements.