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Zusatztext [T]his book will be valuable reading even for people not deeply interested in Turkey. It is a great account of the grandeur of the collapse of empire, the frenzied machinations to hold on to power and assets, the pernicious interplay between aspirations in peace and aggression in war, and the persistence of the trauma narrative. Informationen zum Autor Pamela Steiner is Senior Fellow! FXB Center for Health and Human Rights! Harvard University. This book offers an innovative perspective on conflict, looking at the impact of collective trauma. Zusammenfassung In this pathbreaking study, Pamela Steiner deconstructs the psychological obstacles that have prevented peaceful settlements to longstanding issues.The book re-examines more than 100 years of destructive ethno-religious relations among Armenians, Turks, and Azerbaijanis through the novel lens of collective trauma. The author argues that a focus on embedded, transgenerational collective trauma is essential to achieving more trusting, productive, and stable relationships in this and similar contexts. The book takes a deep dive into history - analysing the traumatic events, examining and positing how they motivated the actions of key players (both victims and perpetrators), and revealing how profoundly these traumas continue to manifest today among the three peoples, stymying healing and inhibiting achievement of a basis for positive change. The author then proposes a bold new approach to “conflict resolution” as a complement to other perspectives, such as power-based analyses and international human rights. Addressing the psychological core of the conflict, the author argues that a focus on embedded collective trauma is essential in this and similar arenas. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ICOLLECTIVE TRAUMA: AN INTRODUCTION1. Introduction to Trauma, a Capacious Social Concept 2. Impaired Meaning Making, Trauma’s Meta-Effect 3. Some Distinctive Aspects of Collective Trauma PART IIA BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONSHIP4. The Tangled Roots of Homeland and Identity 5. The Riddle of Ottomanism 6. The Unlikely Alliance against the Sultan 7. The Final Path to Imperial Ruin 8. Five Men’s Traumatisation before they Acquired Power 9. The Armenian Genocide PART IIIVIOLENT ENTITLEMENT CARRIED INTO ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS IN TRANSCAUCASIA10. Enemies or Allies? Armenian–Azerbaijani Relations, 1850–1915 11. A Kaleidoscope of Armenian–Muslim Relations in the Intense Dynamics of Transcaucasia and Baku in 1917 12. Bolshevik Decrees and Anarchy in the Borderlands, Late 1917–Early 1918 13. How World War I Ended in Transcaucasia: Betrayal, New Republics, Race Murder 14. Baku, 1917–1918: More Conflict, its Seeds Planted for Transmission 15. World War I’s End in Eastern Transcaucasia: War Fever Sparks the Turan Quest and Race Murder PART IVANALYSING AND PROCESSING COLLECTIVE TRAUMA: IS A DIFFERENT FUTURE POSSIBLE?16. How People Make Meaning in General, and Illustrated by an Armenian and a Turk 17. Meaning Making with Trauma and Relative Powerlessness in the Armenian People as a Whole 18. Meaning Making with Trauma and Relative Power among Turks Conclusion: Processing Collective Trauma Collectively: Will We? ...
