Just Assassins : The Culture of Terrorism in Russia

__Just Assassins__ is an engrossing collection of fourteen original essays that illuminate terrorism as it has occurred in Russian culture past and present. The broad range of writers and scholars have contributed work that examines Russian literature, film, and theater; historical narrative; and even amateur memoir, songs, and poetry posted on the Internet. Along with editor Anthony Anemone’s introduction, these essays chart the evolution of modern political terrorism in Russia, from the Decembrist uprising to the horrific school siege in Beslan in 2004. As terrorism and the fear of terrorism continues to animate, shape, and deform public policy and international relations across the globe, __Just Assassins__ brings into focus how Russia’s cultural engagement with its legacy of terrorism offers instructive lessons and insights for anyone concerned about political terror. Historical Models Of Terror In Decembrist Literature / Ludmilla A. Trigos -- All Of A Sudden : Dostoevsky's Demonologies Of Terror / Val Vinokur -- Fool Or Saint? Writers Reading The Zasulich Case / Donna Oliver -- The Terrorist As Novelist : Sergei Stepniak-kravchinsky / Peter Scotto -- The Spiridonova Case, 1906 : Terror, Myth, And Martyrdom / Sally A. Boniece -- The Byronic Terrorist : Boris Savinkov's Literary Self-mythologization / Lynn Ellen Patyk -- Andrei Bely's Petersburg And The Dynamics Of Political Response / Timothy Langen -- Exile's Vengeance : Trotsky And The Morality Of Terrorism / Martin A. Miller -- The Afterlife Of Terrorists : Commemorating The People's Will In Early Soviet Russia / James Frank Goodwin -- Everyone Here Was Carrying Out Orders : Songs Of War And Terror In Chechnya / Anna Brodsky -- Narrating Terror : The Face And Place Of Violence In Valery Todorovsky's My Stepbrother -- Frankenstein / Brian James Baer -- Stage(d) Terrorism / Birgit Beumers -- Russia's 9/11 : Performativity And Discursive Instability In Television Coverage Of The Beslan Atrocity / Stephen Hutchings -- Afterword : Russia, A Revolutionary Life / Nina L. Khrushcheva. Edited And With An Introduction By Anthony Anemone. Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References. English Just Assassins examines terrorism as it's manifested in Russian culture past and present, with essays devoted to Russian literature, film, and theater; historical narrative; and even amateur memoir, songs, and poetry posted on the Internet. Along with editor Anthony Anemone's introduction, these essays chart the evolution of modern political terrorism in Russia, from the Decembrist uprising to the horrific school siege in Beslan in 2004, showing how Russia's cultural engagement with its legacy of terrorism speaks to the wider world.