AZERBAIJANOPHOBIA IN ARMENIA: HOSTILITY IN THE PRE-WAR AND POST-WAR DISCOURSE OF ARMENIANS

Thus, Armenian nationalists ascribe to themselves the mantle of the nation that was the first to officially adopt Christianity; the 2,802-year-old Yerevan, which is older than Rome; the presence in Armenia of the oldest wine-making economy in the world; the most ancient leather shoe; the invention of color television and radio-photo telegraphy; the revolution in the water supply industry; the inve. [...] In fact, the same textbooks embed in the minds of the younger generation the image of the greatness of the Armenians, the invincibility of the nation, and similar myths. [...] The next section provides a brief overview covering the main definitions of the concepts used, the policies that the Armenian government has (and is) pursuing to incite hatred against Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan in general, the nature of hate speech, and the hostility and dehumanization prevalent in the current discourse of Armenian politicians and public figures, as well as in the attitudes of or. [...] The Deification of the will of the Race—that is what the Tseghakron is fighting for.4 Thus, he defines the nation as the highest value of the individual Armenian, which already bears clear signs of racism (although the Armenian authorities tried to manipulate the essence and meaning of this racist theory). [...] The bottom line is that, regardless of the unconditional propaganda from the authorities, dehumanization and hate speech are already embedded in the minds of Armenians without needing the frequent maintenance of the “enemy narrative.” The first Karabakh war further strengthened the self-esteem and self-confidence of the Armenians, after which the emphasis was placed on how “uneducated, weak, stupi.