Gaïdz Minassian

The Armenian Experience (eBook, PDF)

From Ancient Times to Independence

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Armenian national identity has long been associated with what has come to be known as the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Immersing the reader in the history, culture and politics of Armenia - from its foundations as the ancient kingdom of Urartu to the modern-day Republic - Gaïdz Minassian moves past the massacres embedded in the Armenian psyche to position the nation within contemporary global politics.

An in-depth study of history and memory, The Armenian Experience examines the characteristics and sentiments of a national identity that spans the globe. Armenia lies in the heart of the Caucasus and once had an empire - under the rule of Tigranes the Great in the first century BC - that stretched from the Caspian to the Mediterranean seas. Beginning with an overview of Armenia's historic position at the crossroads between Rome and Persia, Minassian details invasions from antiquity to modern times by Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans, Persians and Russians right up to its Soviet experience, and drawing on Armenia's post-Soviet conflict with Azerbaijan in its attempts to reunify with the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

This book questions an Armenian self-identity dominated by its past and instead looks towards the future. Gaïdz Minassian emphasises the need to recognise that the Armenian story began well before the Genocide 1915, and continues as an on-going modern narrative.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786735614
• Artikelnr.: 58864827

Autorenporträt

Gaïdz Minassian is a French journalist at the daily Le Monde. He holds a PhD in Political Science, is a teacher at Sciences Po Paris and serves as an international expert at the Center for International Research (CERI). He is the author of several books on international relations, the South Caucasus and Armenia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Memory and History of a Domination Chapter 1:
International domination Chapter 2: Political and religious domination
Chapter 3: Socioeconomic domination Part II: Attempts to break from the
History Chapter 1: The Revolutionary movement, 1878-1914 Chapter 2: Finding
a new historicity to a fragmented identity, 1920-1988 Chapter 3: Rebirth of
a sovereign state, 1988-1998 Part III: Power of Memory Chapter 1: Glory and
misery of the cultural haitadist revolution Chapter 2: The Armenian State's
memory politic, 1998-now Chapter 3: Turkey, an exceptional case of
negationism Part IV: Beyond the Genocide Chapter 1: Democratisation of the
identity Chapter 2: Voices and ways to dialog with the Turks Chapter 3:
Supporting the international and scientific community's engagement
Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgment