Consequences of Denial The Armenian Genocide

"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 crossgenerational 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.

Foreword: A Fortuitous Meeting , Foreword: Recognizing the Armenian Genocide , Preface , Introduction , The Armenian Genocide and Trauma , History of the Armenian genocide to the present day , Silence, denial, and trauma , Trauma in relation to historical genocide , The Importance of Understanding the Psychological Response to Genocidal Violence , Psychoanalytic perspectives on the causes and effects of genocide , Twentieth-century genocide: brief examples from history , Psychological consequences for those who survived , Anger with no end: the tragic consequences of denial , Conclusion: moving towards healing and recovery , Maps of 1915 Armenian genocide , United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide , Article 301 , Previous, recent, and current involvement in the question of the Armenian genocide by world leaders, significant figures, and the media , Turkish quotes about the Armenian genocide

Aida Alayarian