The Armenian Diaspora and Stateless Power: Collective Identity in the Transnational 20th Century (Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755648218 ISBN 13: 9780755648214

Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2023

Synopsis

From genocide, forced displacement, and emigration, to the gradual establishment of sedentary and rooted global communities, how has the Armenian diaspora formed and maintained a sense of collective identity? This book explores the richness and magnitude of the Armenian experience through the 20th century to examine how Armenian diaspora elites and their institutions emerged in the post-genocide period and used “stateless power” to compose forms of social discipline. Historians, cultural theorists, literary critics, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists explore how national and transnational institutions were built in far-flung sites from Istanbul, Aleppo, Beirut and Jerusalem to Paris, Los Angeles, and the American mid-west. Exploring literary and cultural production as well as the role of religious institutions, the book probes the history and experience of the Armenian diaspora through the long 20th century, from the role of the fin-de-siècle émigré Armenian press to the experience of Syrian-Armenian asylum seekers in the 21st century. It shows that a diaspora's statelessness can not only be evidence of its power, but also how this “stateless power” acts as an alternative and complement to the nation-state.

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About the Author

Bedross Der Matossian is Professor of Modern Middle East history and the Hymen Rosenberg Professor in Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He is the author, editor, and co-editor of multiple books including Shattered Dreams of Revolution: From Liberty to Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire (2014) and The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century (2022). He serves on the editorial board of journals including the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES).

Edition details

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755648218
• ISBN 13: 9780755648214
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Chahinian Talar, Kasbarian Sossie, Nalbantian Tsolin