The Politics Of Naming The Armenian Genocide
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Author |
: Vartan Matiossian |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 299 |
Release |
: 2021-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780755641109 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0755641108 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide by : Vartan Matiossian
This book explores the genealogy of the concept of 'Medz Yeghern' ('Great Crime'), the Armenian term for the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of the Armenian ethno-religious group in the Ottoman Empire between the years 1915-1923. Widely accepted by historians as one of the classical cases of genocide in the 20th century, ascribing the right definition to the crime has been a source of contention and controversy in international politics. Vartan Matiossian here draws upon extensive research based on Armenian sources, neglected in much of the current historiography, as well as other European languages in order to trace the development of the concepts pertaining to mass killing and genocide of Armenians from the ancient to the modern periods. Beginning with an analysis of the term itself, he shows how the politics of its use evolved as Armenians struggled for international recognition of the crime after 1945, in the face of Turkish protest. Taking a combined historical, philological, literary and political perspective, the book is an insightful exploration of the politics of naming a catastrophic historical event, and the competitive nature of national collective memories.
Author |
: Vartan Matiossian |
Publisher |
: I.B. Tauris |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2022-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780755641123 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0755641124 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide by : Vartan Matiossian
This book explores the genealogy of the concept of 'Medz Yeghern' ('Great Crime'), the Armenian term for the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of the Armenian ethno-religious group in the Ottoman Empire between the years 1915-1923. Widely accepted by historians as one of the classical cases of genocide in the 20th century, ascribing the right definition to the crime has been a source of contention and controversy in international politics. Vartan Matiossian here draws upon extensive research based on Armenian sources, neglected in much of the current historiography, as well as other European languages in order to trace the development of the concepts pertaining to mass killing and genocide of Armenians from the ancient to the modern periods. Beginning with an analysis of the term itself, he shows how the politics of its use evolved as Armenians struggled for international recognition of the crime after 1945, in the face of Turkish protest. Taking a combined historical, philological, literary and political perspective, the book is an insightful exploration of the politics of naming a catastrophic historical event, and the competitive nature of national collective memories.
Author |
: Taner Akçam |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 528 |
Release |
: 2012-04-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400841844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400841844 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity by : Taner Akçam
An unprecedented look at secret documents showing the deliberate nature of the Armenian genocide Introducing new evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects. Presenting these previously inaccessible documents along with expert context and analysis, Taner Akçam's most authoritative work to date goes deep inside the bureaucratic machinery of Ottoman Turkey to show how a dying empire embraced genocide and ethnic cleansing. Although the deportation and killing of Armenians was internationally condemned in 1915 as a "crime against humanity and civilization," the Ottoman government initiated a policy of denial that is still maintained by the Turkish Republic. The case for Turkey's "official history" rests on documents from the Ottoman imperial archives, to which access has been heavily restricted until recently. It is this very source that Akçam now uses to overturn the official narrative. The documents presented here attest to a late-Ottoman policy of Turkification, the goal of which was no less than the radical demographic transformation of Anatolia. To that end, about one-third of Anatolia's 15 million people were displaced, deported, expelled, or massacred, destroying the ethno-religious diversity of an ancient cultural crossroads of East and West, and paving the way for the Turkish Republic. By uncovering the central roles played by demographic engineering and assimilation in the Armenian Genocide, this book will fundamentally change how this crime is understood and show that physical destruction is not the only aspect of the genocidal process.
Author |
: Omer Bartov |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 422 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1571812148 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781571812148 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis In God's Name by : Omer Bartov
Despite the widespread trends of secularization in the 20th century, religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. And yet, not many scholars have looked either at the religious aspects of modern genocide, or at the manner in which religion has taken a position on mass killing. This collection of essays addresses this hiatus by examining the intersection between religion and state-organized murder in the cases of the Armenian, Jewish, Rwandan, and Bosnian genocides. Rather than a comprehensive overview, it offers a series of descrete, yet closely related case studies, that shed light on three fundamental aspects of this issue: the use of religion to legitimize and motivate genocide; the potential of religious faith to encourage physical and spiritual resistance to mass murder; and finally, the role of religion in coming to terms with the legacy of atrocity.
Author |
: Wolfgang Gust |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 814 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782381433 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782381430 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Armenian Genocide by : Wolfgang Gust
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Overview of the Armenian Genocide -- Bibliography -- Notes On Using the Documents -- The Documents -- Glossary -- Index
Author |
: Vahakn N. Dadrian |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 492 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1571816666 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781571816665 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of the Armenian Genocide by : Vahakn N. Dadrian
Dadrian, a former professor at SUNY, Geneseo, currently directs a genocide study project supported by the Guggenheim Foundation. The present study analyzes the devastating wartime destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire as the cataclysmic culmination of a historical process involving the progressive Turkish decimation of the Armenians through intermittent and incremental massacres. In addition to the excellent general bibliography there is an annotated bibliography of selected books used in the study. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author |
: Taner Akçam |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 586 |
Release |
: 2007-08-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466832121 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466832126 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Shameful Act by : Taner Akçam
A landmark assessment of Turkish culpability in the Armenian genocide, the first history of its kind by a Turkish historian In 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, forced exile, and mass acts of slaughter. Although Armenians and world opinion have held the Ottoman powers responsible, Turkey has consistently rejected any claim of intentional genocide. Now, in a pioneering work of excavation, Turkish historian Taner Akçam has made extensive and unprecedented use of Ottoman and other sources to produce a scrupulous charge sheet against the Turkish authorities. The first scholar of any nationality to have mined the significant evidence—in Turkish military and court records, parliamentary minutes, letters, and eyewitness accounts—Akçam follows the chain of events leading up to the killing and then reconstructs its systematic orchestration by coordinated departments of the Ottoman state, the ruling political parties, and the military. He also probes the crucial question of how Turkey succeeded in evading responsibility, pointing to competing international interests in the region, the priorities of Turkish nationalists, and the international community's inadequate attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice. As Turkey lobbies to enter the European Union, Akçam's work becomes ever more important and relevant. Beyond its timeliness, A Shameful Act is sure to take its lasting place as a classic and necessary work on the subject.
Author |
: Thomas De Waal |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199350698 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199350698 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Great Catastrophe by : Thomas De Waal
Drawing on archival sources, reportage and moving personal stories, de Waal tells the full story of Armenian-Turkish relations since the Genocide in all its extraordinary twists and turns. He looks behind the propaganda to examine the realities of a terrible historical crime and the divisive "politics of genocide" it produced.
Author |
: mit Kurt |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2021-04-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674247949 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674247949 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Armenians of Aintab by : mit Kurt
A TurkÕs discovery that Armenians once thrived in his hometown leads to a groundbreaking investigation into the local dynamics of genocide. mit Kurt, born and raised in Gaziantep, Turkey, was astonished to learn that his hometown once had a large and active Armenian community. The Armenian presence in Aintab, the cityÕs name during the Ottoman period, had not only been destroyedÑit had been replaced. To every appearance, Gaziantep was a typical Turkish city. Kurt digs into the details of the Armenian dispossession that produced the homogeneously Turkish city in which he grew up. In particular, he examines the population that gained from ethnic cleansing. Records of land confiscation and population transfer demonstrate just how much new wealth became available when the prosperous ArmeniansÑwho were active in manufacturing, agricultural production, and tradeÑwere ejected. Although the official rationale for the removal of the Armenians was that the group posed a threat of rebellion, Kurt shows that the prospect of material gain was a key motivator of support for the Armenian genocide among the local Muslim gentry and the Turkish public. Those who benefited mostÑprovincial elites, wealthy landowners, state officials, and merchants who accumulated Armenian capitalÑin turn financed the nationalist movement that brought the modern Turkish republic into being. The economic elite of Aintab was thus reconstituted along both ethnic and political lines. The Armenians of Aintab draws on primary sources from Armenian, Ottoman, Turkish, British, and French archives, as well as memoirs, personal papers, oral accounts, and newly discovered property-liquidation records. Together they provide an invaluable account of genocide at ground level.
Author |
: Guenter Lewy |
Publisher |
: University of Utah Press |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2005-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780874808490 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0874808499 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey by : Guenter Lewy
Avoiding the sterile "was-it-genocide-or-not" debate, this book will open a new chapter in this contentious controversy and may help achieve a long-overdue reconciliation of Armenians and Turks.