Consequences of denial
Subtitle: the Armenian genocide
By: Aida Alayarian.
Publisher: Karnac Books; Karnac
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781855755659
Subjects: Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Armenians -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century; Genocide -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century; Turkey -- History -- 19th century; Armenia -- History -- 1801-1900
Other titles: Armenian genocide
Description: "Consequences of Denial seeks to provide some awareness and understanding of the horrendous tragedy of the Armenian genocide. This book illuminates the little known fact that over two million innocent Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Empire between 1894 and 1922; a genocide that has been, and continues to be, denied by successive Turkish governments." "In this book, the author demonstrates the need not only for remembrance, but first and foremost for the acknowledgement of genocides, from government level downwards. Only by taking adequate steps at personal, group, national and international levels to acknowledge such massacres, and the trauma they create, can humankind attempt to prevent such atrocities from ever happening again. By documenting the psychological effects of the "forgotten" Armenian genocide and by linking these effects to cross-generational trauma and processes of response and denial, this book aims to shed light from a psychoanalytic perspective on an insufficiently researched aspect of this genocide."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.