This book explores the genealogy of the concept of 'Medz Yeghern'
('Great Crime'), the Armenian term for the mass murder and ethnic
cleansing of the Armenian ethno-religious group in the Ottoman
Empire between the years 1915-1923. Widely accepted by historians
as one of the classical cases of genocide in the 20th century,
ascribing the right definition to the crime has been a source of
contention and controversy in international politics. Vartan
Matiossian here draws upon extensive research based on Armenian
sources, neglected in much of the current historiography, as well
as other European languages in order to trace the development of
the concepts pertaining to mass killing and genocide of Armenians
from the ancient to the modern periods. Beginning with an analysis
of the term itself, he shows how the politics of its use evolved as
Armenians struggled for international recognition of the crime
after 1945, in the face of Turkish protest. Taking a combined
historical, philological, literary and political perspective, the
book is an insightful exploration of the politics of naming a
catastrophic historical event, and the competitive nature of
national collective memories.
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