چکیده:
The narratives that have been accepted over time form the collective and historical memory of a nation or ethnic group gradually. This collective memory will gradually become inflexible in dealing with other nations or groups. This will become more complicated if two rival groups in one country or region find their entity in gaining a general acceptance of their narrative from common historical realities. In general, myths, historical narratives, and collective memory are used as tools for shaping ethnic and national identity in different societies. In fact, this is the positive function of existing narratives from historical events. But in many areas, and among many ethnic groups, these tools have also been used as a tool for changing the balance of conflicts, especially historical conflicts. In this way, the present study focuses on the dual function of historical narratives that have been used in important ethnic clashes in the South Caucasus region. These narratives will be importance in understanding the formation, intensification, and continuity of ethnic-territorial conflicts in this region. Therefore, in this study, to find the answer to this question that: what have been the effect of historical narratives and collective memory on the process of ethnic conflicts in the South Caucasus? in addition to examining the role that myths, historical narratives, and collective memory have played in shaping ethnic identity in the South Caucasus region, the impact of these factors on intensifying and deepening the most important ethnic conflicts in the region has been studied.
خلاصه ماشینی:
However, this identity-forming function does not always occur peacefully; in such a way that sometimes between rival ethnic groups in a country or a region, there are disagreements over the nature of historical events, and each of these groups presents a special and different narrative of shared historical events, and gradually these conflicting narratives play an important role in defining each group's own existence.
For example, Rauf Garagozov 1 in his articles titled "Collective memory of Ethnopolitical Conflict: The Case of Nagorno Karabakh" (2006), 2 "Historical Narratives, Cultural Traditions, and Collective Memory in the Central Caucasus" (2008) 3 and "Azerbaijani History and Nationalism in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods: Challenges and " (2012) 4 has examined the impact of historical narratives on the formation of Azerbaijani national identity and particularly the impact of this factor in the emergence and intensification of historical conflicts between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in the past and the present era.
This group of thinkers believes that contradictory interpretations and narratives of the past have always been at the center of ethnic and national struggles, and historical memory is created and manipulated by political elites as a social narrative used as a tool to mobilize people toward achieving specific goals.
Conclusion Existing myths and narratives of historical events gradually form the collective memory of ethnic and national groups.
These historical narratives and collective memory play an important role in the process of identity construction and nation-building of an ethnic group.
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