CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Jahanli, Sabina |
|---|---|
| Title | Victimized Identity Construction: Azerbaijan in the Post-soviet Transition |
| Summary | In the identity construction, most studies focus on collective memory through the representation of the historical past. Moreover, the relationship between foreign policy and identity has mostly been analyzed in the field of IR through the Constructivist approach which states that ideas as social constructions influence the foreign policy and identity formation of a state. On the other hand, poststructuralist theory correlates foreign policy and identity through the methodology of discourse analysis. The advocates of poststructuralism argue that as identity and foreign policy can coexist, identities can reshape foreign policy-making and foreign policy can produce identity through special discursive practices. Following this assumption of poststructuralism about the relation between identity and foreign policy, this thesis analyses how victimization discourse in Azerbaijan based on the historical representation and memory of the Karabakh War, not only shaped the foreign policy of Azerbaijan during the peace talks after the war but also constructed the identity as victimized. Massacres, in particular, Khojaly ‘genocide’ and violence of the Karabakh War is elaborated, as these representations were solidified into the collective memory. In order to find the correlation between foreign policy and identity construction, the speeches of Azerbaijani presidents are analyzed and the last mobilization of people during the last clashes of the two nations is examined to prove this relation. |
| Supervisor | Erzsebet Strausz |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/jahanli_sabina.pdf |
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