The Armenians by Razmik Panossian
The book traces the evolution of Armenia and Armenian collective identity, in the homeland and in the diaspora, from its beginnings to the eve of the Armenian nationalist movement over Gharabagh in 1988. The emphasis is on the modern era - the seventeenth century onwards, including the Soviet period. Panossian's overall approach is that of interpretive political and cultural history, centred around theories of national identity formation and nationalism. The cultural identity of the Armenian people - expressed in their art, literature, religious practice and even commerce - played a vital role in preserving national memory, and forms an important component of this study, as does the author's analysis of the Armenian Genocide in 1915.
'This is an impressive work.. [It] synthesizes methods and insights drawn from political science and historiography above all, and to a lesser but still significant extent from literary and cultural studies and sociology... offers a richly detailed yet well controlled argument about the emergence of the modern Armenian nation. ... No such focused study exists in any language.' --Professor Khachig Tololyan, Wesleyan University, editor of Diaspora: a Journal of Transnational Studies
RAZMIK PANOSSIAN obtained his PhD from the LSE, where he also taught, with a thesis which won the Lord Bryce Prize for the Best Dissertation in Comparative and International Politics (2001).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781850657880 |
| ISBN 10 | 1850657882 |
| Title | The Armenians |
| Author | Razmik Panossian |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 442 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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