Del i serien Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World

Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide

Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvVartan Matiossian,Bedross Der Matossian

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-10-21
Mått162 x 238 x 22 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieArmenians in the Modern and Early Modern World
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780755641086

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Vartan Matiossian is a historian and literary scholar living in the United States. He received his PhD from the Academy of Sciences of Armenia and has taught Armenian history and language in Buenos Aires and New Jersey from 1988-2004 on primary, secondary and college levels. He has authored four books in Armenian three books in Spanish, has edited or co-edited three volumes (Spanish, English, and Armenian), and translated 12 volumes from Armenian into Spanish.

AcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction Silencing the NamePart I Language and HistoryChapter 1 Yeghern until the Late Nineteenth CenturyChapter 2 Yeghern before and after 1915Chapter 3 Medz Yeghern and “Genocide” in Armenia and the DiasporaPart II Politics and LanguageChapter 4 Vatican: “From the Depths of the Metz Yeghérn” Chapter 5 Turkey: “The Denial of the Great Catastrophe”Chapter 6 United States: “Genocide of the Armenians” and “Meds Yeghern” Chapter 7 From Uruguay to the United States: On Words of RecognitionConclusion Unsilencing the NameAppendix A The Meaning of Yeghern in ScholarshipAppendix B Yeghern and “Genocide” in Memorial Inscriptions Bibliography

Vartan Matiossian’s book is an erudite overview of the uses of the Armenian word Yeghern across the ages and an in-depth study of the systematic misuses of this same word in translation within the languages of the civilized world, especially in the last few decades, allegedly for the sake of reconciliation or for more obscure political reasons. The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide offers its readers a superb demonstration of the fact that, at least in the cases where genocidal will is at work, an event can acquire a historical existence only through its meaningful reception. This is yet another confirmation of the Hegelian law according to which there can be reality only there where some sense is involved, albeit retrospectively.