This volume is a pioneering collective attempt to assess and analyze the Armenian genocide from differing perspectives, including history, political science, ethics, religion, literature, and psychiatry. Focusing on the general implications of denial, rationalization, and responsibility, it is particularly important as a precursor to the study of the Holocaust and other genocides.
Contents:
• The Historical Dimensions of the Armenian Question, 1878-1923, Richard G. Hovannisian
• The Turkish Genocide of Armenians, 1915-1917, Leo Kuper
• Provocation or Nationalism: A Critical Inquiry into the Armenian Genocide of 1915, Robert Melson
• Determinants of Genocide: Armenians and Jews as Case Studies, R. Hrair Dekmejian
• What Genocide? What Holocaust? News from Turkey, 1915-1923: A Case Study, Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
• The Armenian Genocide and Patterns of Denial, Richard G. Hovannisian
• Collective Responsibility and Official Excuse Making: The Case of the Turkish Genocide of the Armenians, Vigen Guroian
• The Armenian Genocide and the Literary Imagination, Leo Hamalian
• The Impact of the Genocide on West Armenian Letters, Vahe Oshagan
• Psychosocial Sequelae of the Armenian Genocide, Levon Boyajian and Haigaz Grigorian
• An Oral History Perspective on Responses to the Armenian Genocide, Donald E. Miller and Lourna Touryan Miller