SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION

Number: 25 May 1, 2012
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SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION

Abstract

This article argues that the effort to associate the Young Turkswith Social Darwinism suffers from questionable academic integrity,marked by mantra-like rhetoric; conclusiveness despite lack of evidence;speculative discussion; and an apparent preconceived commitment.There has been a prejudiced determination to associate the Young Turkwith a damning ideology, at the expense of a careful study of SocialDarwinism’s ideological home in Western Europe and its directinvolvement in intensifying relations between Turks and Armenians. Thearticle also suggests that the dangerous popularity of Social Darwinismin Britain eventually waned, but not before it had a powerful negativeimpact on the perception of Turks and Jews in Europe. This rhetoric hada fundamental part in defining and intensifying the conflict betweenTurks and Armenians, as well as in defining and intensifying a new breedof anti-Semitism. Still, the article will try to show that unlike the weakand disputable sources that are orchestrated to show trails of SocialDarwinism in the Young Turks’ view of Armenians, there is ample andoverwhelming evidence showing that the British Liberal leadershipdeveloped their anti-Turkish ideology hand in hand with SocialDarwinism’s original development in the 1870s, and though the Turksand Jews were the primary target of this ideology, the Armenian loss oflife was substantial among its victims

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Year 2012 Number: 25

APA
SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. (2012). Review of Armenian Studies, 25, 7-22. https://izlik.org/JA99WJ73TM
AMA
1.SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. RAS. 2012;(25):7-22. https://izlik.org/JA99WJ73TM
Chicago
“SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION”. 2012. Review of Armenian Studies, nos. 25: 7-22. https://izlik.org/JA99WJ73TM.
EndNote
(May 1, 2012) SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. Review of Armenian Studies 25 7–22.
IEEE
[1]“SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION”, RAS, no. 25, pp. 7–22, May 2012, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA99WJ73TM
ISNAD
“SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION”. Review of Armenian Studies. 25 (May 1, 2012): 7-22. https://izlik.org/JA99WJ73TM.
JAMA
1.SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. RAS. 2012;:7–22.
MLA
“SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION”. Review of Armenian Studies, no. 25, May 2012, pp. 7-22, https://izlik.org/JA99WJ73TM.
Vancouver
1.SOCIAL DARWINISM AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. RAS [Internet]. 2012 May 1;(25):7-22. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA99WJ73TM