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9789633860724 : enemies-for-a-day-stali-nas
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Enemies for a Day

Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Violence in Lithuania under the Tsars

By Darius Staliūnas
Central European University Press

This book explores anti-Jewish violence in Russian-ruled Lithuania. It begins by illustrating how widespread anti-Jewish feelings were among the Christian population in 19 th century, focusing on blood libel accusations as well as describing the role of modern antisemitism. Secondly, it tries to identify the structural preconditions as well as specific triggers that turned anti-Jewish feelings into collective violence and analyzes the nature of this violence. Lastly, pogroms in Lithuania are compared to anti-Jewish violence in other regions of the Russian Empire and East Galicia.

This research is inspired by the cultural turn in social sciences, an approach that assumes that violence is filled with meaning, which is "culturally constructed, discursively mediated, symbolically saturated, and ritually regulated." The author argues that pogroms in Lithuania instead followed a communal pattern of ethnic violence and was very different from deadly pogroms in other parts of the Russian Empire.

About the Author

Darius Staliūnas is Deputy Director of the Lithuanian Institute of History.

Reviews

"This book is the first sustained and systematic study of pogroms in Tsarist Lithuania. Geographically, the book focuses on Lithuania understood in the 'ethnic' sense, that is, as the territory roughly coextensive with the modern state of Lithuania (rather than the early modern Grand Duchy of Lithuania). Temporally, it covers the long nineteenth century, though the focus is primarily on the period between the 1880s and the First World War - the time when most pogroms in Lithuania took place. Staliūnas has done an admirable job bringing to light a previously unexamined and important historical problem. His use of sources (Yiddish, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Belarusian), attention to detail, and judicious analysis are most impressive."—Russian Review

"This book makes a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the roots of Lithuanian antisemitism. Enemies for a Day is recommended for anyone interested in the history of Jews in Eastern Europe and the study of ethnic relations and violence."—Hungarian Historical Review

"The author describes little-known pogroms and disturbances in rural Lithuania, using first-hand accounts, rare documents, newspapers and memoirs in five languages (Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Hebrew and Yiddish). With this material, Professor Staliūnas tries to reconstruct why a pogrom started, what actually occurred, and retrieve the various reactions at the time.I liked this book a great deal... It doesn't offer a new vision of pogroms, but it does ask for more careful examination of the pogrom contexts, including the identities of agents and victims... It is a fine study that can serve as a model for historians of pogroms."—Slavonic and East European Review

"Darius Staliunas' comprehensive, original and thoughtful research is an essential contribution to the current literature on Lithuanian-Jewish relations and on the social, political, economic and cultural processes that occurred in the northwestern provinces of the Russian Empire. It is recommended to all those seeking to understand the complexity of interreligious and interethnic relations in the late imperial period."—Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Central European University Press
  • RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict (9 Titles)
  • HISTORY / Europe / Eastern (258 Titles)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social (564 Titles)
  • European history (594 Titles)
  • Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict (2 Titles)
  • Violence in society (11 Titles)

Hardback
April 10, 2015
9789633860724
English
296
9.21 Inches (US)
6.26 Inches (US)
1.18 Pounds (US)
$79.00 USD, £60.00 GBP
v2.1 Reference
Paperback / softback
April 10, 2015
9789633860977
English
296
9.02 Inches (US)
6.10 Inches (US)
.88 Pounds (US)
$27.95 USD
v2.1 Reference
9789633860724 : enemies-for-a-day-stali-nas
Hardback
296 Pages
$79.00 USD
Add to Cart
9789633860977 : enemies-for-a-day-stali-nas
Paperback / softback
296 Pages
$27.95 USD
Add to Cart

Other Titles by Darius Staliūnas

9789633863657 : the-tsar-the-empire-and-the-nation-stali-nas-aoshima

The Tsar, The Empire, and The Nation

Dilemmas of Nationalization in Russia's Western Borderlands, 1905-1915
edited by Darius Staliūnas, Yoko Aoshima
Jun 2021 - Central European University Press
$95.00 USD - Hardback
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A Pragmatic Alliance

Jewish-Lithuanian political cooperation at the beginning of the 20th century
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Jun 2011 - Central European University Press
$79.00 USD - Hardback

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From Occupation to Occupy

Antisemitism and the Contemporary American Left
Sina Arnold, translated by Jacob Blumenfeld
Sep 2022 - Indiana University Press
$85.00 USD - Hardback
$42.00 USD - Paperback / softback
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Contending with Antisemitism in a Rapidly Changing Political Climate

edited by Alvin H. Rosenfeld, with contributions by Bernard Harrison, Gerald M. Steinberg, Dina Porat, Miriam F. Elman, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, Jan Grabowski, Marc Grimm, Esther Webman, Dave Rich, Lesley Klaff, Balázs Berkovitz, Mark We...
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$80.00 USD - Hardback
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Blaming the Jews

Politics and Delusion
Bernard Harrison
Oct 2020 - Indiana University Press
$90.00 USD - Hardback
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