The Psychology of the Armenian Genocide

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-83143-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern History

This book examines the radicalization of beliefs, tactics, and oppression by a dominant governing group when faced with a subordinate group’s historic quest for basic human rights dating back for five centuries. A unique approach, an analysis of archival documents, including minutes of Turkish meetings, provides a window into the inner workings and decision-making of the leaders. Their persuasive propaganda campaign is demystified by applying contemporary social psychological research to identify and explain their use of psychological mechanisms to weaponize intergroup prejudice and exclusionary ideology. Social antagonistic traits of the leader's ideology, dark personality traits, and propensity for moral disengagement are readily apparent in their highly effective propaganda campaign to gain the necessary support from their party and Turkish civilians for their genocidal agenda.

The Psychology of the Armenian Genocide will appeal to scholars and students alike interested in better understanding how a nation of people can be manipulated to support the annihilation of subordinate groups. It will also appeal to a much wider range of people who would be interested in better understanding the manipulation of beliefs and morality to create intergroup divisions and intolerance for cooperation.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, George

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I

Historical, cultural, and psychological foundations of intergroup divisions and prejudice, and the growth in followers of a radical and violent party.

Chapter 1. Historical, cultural and political background before the Armenian genocide.

Chapter 2. Psychological foundations for the growth and radicalization of the CPU/CUP.

Part II

Interrelationship of ideology, personality traits, psychological mechanisms and autocratic governance driving extremist beliefs and socially manipulative and violent actions.

Chapter 3. Authoritarian ideologies

Chapter 4. Dark personalities

Chapter 5. Autocratic facilitation of extremist beliefs and violence

Part III

Unravelling the callous social-cognitive manipulation that drives the propaganda, the decision making process, and the orchestration and perpetration of genocide.

Chapter 6. Propaganda

Chapter 7. Young Turk meetings and directives associated with the Armenian genocide.

Chapter 8. Perpetration of the Armenian genocide.

Chapter 9. Interdependency of ideology, personality traits, and psychological mechanisms. Dimensions in concert with other risk factors in the prelude to and orchestration of the Armenian genocide

Über Autor(innen)

George Green is an independent researcher, whose primary research interests lie in the use of psychological mechanisms in the propaganda of both contemporary political leaders and those throughout history.