Citation

Jensen RB. Terrorism Polit. Violence 2018; 30(5): 828-843.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09546553.2018.1445821

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The little-known assassination in 1904 of governor general Bobrikov, the Russian ruler of Finland, by the Finnish Senate clerk Eugen Schauman can be explained as an act of tyrannicide, anarchism, or terrorism. The article analyzes the question of which category this deed fits into and discusses the local and international background of one of the most significant acts of violence in Nordic history. It also postulates that around the time of Bobrikov's murder in 1904 a fundamental shift occurred in the usage of the term "terrorism," which began to replace "anarchism" as the standard signifier for violent crimes against civilization as well as against specific political grievances and institutions.

Language: en

Keywords

Anarchism; Bobrikov; definitions of terrorism; Eugen Schauman; Finland; Hjalmar Wång; newspapers and terrorism; Russian Empire; tyrannicide