Knowledge and acknowledgement in the politics of memory of the Armenian genocide. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vahagn Avedian.
• Authors: Avedian, Vahagn
• Contents: Contents Acknowledgements Introduction The Vitality of the Armenian Genocide: Why is it Still Topical? Genocide Studies: A True Interdisciplinary Field and its Challenges Politics of Memory: An Intricate Perpetual Process Politics of Memory Explained through its Constituent Parts Memory and History in the Politics of Memory Creating National Narrative and Identity Molding the Memory by Forgetting The Reciprocal Relation between Democracy and Memory Education: An Example of Auxiliary Means in Politics of Memory The Central Role of Law and Justice Reconciliation: Synthesis of Recognition, Responsibility and Reparation Existing Research Outline and Delimitations The Armenian Question between History and Politics The Entry of the Armenian Question into the International Arena Beacons of Hope and Justice: The Sèvres Treaty From Sèvres to Lausanne: Realpolitik Reigns Supreme Genocide in International Law: Nuremberg and the UN Convention The Turkish Genocide Denial during the Interwar Period The Reawakening: The 50th Commemoration Day on April 24, 1965 The Resonance: The Diaspora as Agent of Remembrance and Recognition The Rediscovery of the Suppressed Genocide The Igniting Spark: The Genocide Survivor Gourgen Yanikian The First UN Genocide Study: The Ruhashyankiko Report, 1979 The Iron Ladle: Armed Terrorism as Political Leverage The Entry into the Academia Which Memory to Preserve: The US Holocaust Memorial Museum Hearing the Neglected Victim: The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, 1984 The UN Genocide Convention Revisited: The Whitaker Report, 1985 The Pinnacle of the Recognition Process: European Parliament, 1987 Memory, History and Justice: Towards Reconciliation The Karabakh Conflict: The Legacy Turned Catalyst for Independence Independence and the Genocide as Rule Setter Armenian-Turkish Relations and the Old Ghost of Genocide Parliamentary Recognitions: Writing History or Confirming the Research? * Legal Examination: Law and Politics The Unforgotten Genocide: The Centennial Commemoration, 2015 Knowledge and (Dis)Acknowledgement: A Century of the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide Bibliography Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 956.620154; Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Collective memory -- Armenia (Republic); Collective memory -- Turkey; Genocide (International law)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429845154; 9780429845161; 9780429845147; 9780429454257
• Related ISBNs: 9781138318854
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