1st Edition

The Psychology of the Armenian Genocide

By George Green Copyright 2025
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

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.