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Brendan McGeever, "Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Brendan McGeever, "Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
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50 minutes
Released:
May 15, 2020
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In Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Dr Brendan McGeever, Lecturer in Sociology at Birkbeck, University of London, traces the complex history of the Antisemitism in the Russian Revolution. McGeever examines Bolshevik and Jewish communists' attempts to confront antisemitism, including within the revolutionary movement itself. McGeever's book, based on brilliant archival research, is highly readable, provocative and thoughtful.
Dr Max Kaiser teaches at the University of Melbourne. He can be reached at kaiserm@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Max Kaiser teaches at the University of Melbourne. He can be reached at kaiserm@unimelb.edu.au
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Released:
May 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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