Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution

The first book-length analysis of how the Bolsheviks responded to antisemitism during the Russian Revolution.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; A note on translation; Terms and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. 1917: antisemitism in the moment of revolution; 2. 'Red pogroms': Spring 1918; 3. The Soviet response to antisemitism, 1918; 4. Antisemitism and revolutionary politics: the Red Army in Ukraine, 1919; 5. The Soviet response to antisemitism in Ukraine, February-May 1919; 6. Conclusions: anti-racist praxis in the Russian Revolution; 7. Reinscribing antisemitism? The Bolshevik approach to the 'Jewish question'; Epilogue: in the shadow of pogroms; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Brendan McGeever is Lecturer in Sociology at Birkbeck, University of London. His work examines the relationship between antisemitism and racism, historically up to the present day. He is based at the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck, University of London, where he teaches in the Department of Psychosocial Studies. He is a 2019 BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker, with his work featuring across television and radio.

Product details

• Authors: Brendan McGeever, Brendan (Birkbeck College Mcgeever
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781107195998
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19599-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Russia, Russian Revolution, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Jewish Studies, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 1910 to c 1919, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities