Introduction : The Assyrian Genocide Across History: Collective Memory, Legal Theory, and Power Politics
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For a brief period, the attention of the international community has focused once again on the plight of religious minorities in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. In particular, the abductions and massacres of Yezidis and Assyrians in the Sinjar, Mosul, Nineveh Plains, Baghdad, and Hasakah regions in 2007–2015 raised questions about the prevention of genocide. This book, while principally analyzing the Assyrian genocide of 1914–1925 and its implications for the culture and politics of the region, also raises broader questions concerning the future of religious diversity in the Middle East. It gathers and analyzes the findings of a broad spectrum of historical and scholarly works on Christian identities in the Middle East, genocide studies, international law, and the politics of the late Ottoman Empire, as well as the politics of the Ottomans' British and Russian rivals for power in western Asia and the eastern Mediterranean basin.
ISBN
9781315269832
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group
City
London ; New York
Keywords
Assyrians, Christians, Genocide, Minorities, Iraq, Minorities, Turkey, History, 20th century, Turkey, Ethnic relations
Disciplines
International Humanitarian Law | International Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Hannibal Travis, Introduction : The Assyrian Genocide Across History: Collective Memory, Legal Theory, and Power Politics, in THE ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE : CULTURAL AND POLITICAL LEGACIES, (Hannibal Travis ed., Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group 2018).
