Comments on: Vernisage, Yerevan http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/08/28/vernisage-yerevan-2/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: nazarian http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/08/28/vernisage-yerevan-2/#comment-4524 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:44:33 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/08/28/vernisage-yerevan-2/#comment-4524 I agree with you about nationalism. At the most basic level is the question of how one defines an ethnicity or race. These most definitely are false categories and have brought nothing but suffering to people. Defining patriotism is tricky as well. As an American Armenian , how does one balance American patriotism and feeling towards Armenia as one's homeland? To me the most acceptable form of coexistence and personal philosophy is cosmopolitanism. Borders are just lines on maps and fences enforcing the fiefdom of powerful elites. To normal people these things should not matter. I agree with you about nationalism. At the most basic level is the question of how one defines an ethnicity or race. These most definitely are false categories and have brought nothing but suffering to people. Defining patriotism is tricky as well. As an American Armenian , how does one balance American patriotism and feeling towards Armenia as one’s homeland?

To me the most acceptable form of coexistence and personal philosophy is cosmopolitanism. Borders are just lines on maps and fences enforcing the fiefdom of powerful elites. To normal people these things should not matter.

]]> by: Haik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/08/28/vernisage-yerevan-2/#comment-4517 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:43:16 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/08/28/vernisage-yerevan-2/#comment-4517 The people who are currently in charge of these parties might not follow the party ideology but those parties themeslves are based on ideologies as I mentioned above. Never the less I believe that the majority in Armenia and in Diaspora are very Armenia are nationalistic which to my understanding is very different from patriotism. Patriots think about the well being of the country and its population which share similar history and destiny. On the other hand nationalists think that how to create a supirior race which most certanly is an illusion as such a thing doesnt exist. The nationalism can go back mostly to French Revolution on the other hand humanity has a longer history before that. What I am saying might be theoretical but what is not? The history is written by people who percieved the things the way that they wanted to. for example most of the Armenian history is written by clergymen. The people who are currently in charge of these parties might not follow the party ideology but those parties themeslves are based on ideologies as I mentioned above. Never the less I believe that the majority in Armenia and in Diaspora are very Armenia are nationalistic which to my understanding is very different from patriotism. Patriots think about the well being of the country and its population which share similar history and destiny. On the other hand nationalists think that how to create a supirior race which most certanly is an illusion as such a thing doesnt exist. The nationalism can go back mostly to French Revolution on the other hand humanity has a longer history before that. What I am saying might be theoretical but what is not? The history is written by people who percieved the things the way that they wanted to. for example most of the Armenian history is written by clergymen.

]]> by: nazarian http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/08/28/vernisage-yerevan-2/#comment-4512 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:53:10 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/08/28/vernisage-yerevan-2/#comment-4512 Haik, do you really think that the Hanrapetakans or the Dashnaks care about ideology? The only ideology that these two have is to be in power. Otherwise, how could the seemingly left wing ARF be in the same government as the seemingly right wing Republicans and Bargavaj (I don't really know what their ideology is). The only thing they share is devotion to Russia and anti-Turkish bias. Haik, do you really think that the Hanrapetakans or the Dashnaks care about ideology? The only ideology that these two have is to be in power. Otherwise, how could the seemingly left wing ARF be in the same government as the seemingly right wing Republicans and Bargavaj (I don’t really know what their ideology is). The only thing they share is devotion to Russia and anti-Turkish bias.

]]>