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Legal Performativity: Recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Czech Republic

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics
Volume 16 (2022): Issue 2 (December 2022)
By: Gor Vartazaryan  
Open Access
|Oct 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2022-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2570-5857
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Language: English
Page range: 194 - 210
Published on: Oct 1, 2022
Published by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Armenian genocide,
Czech Republic,
performative theory,
recognition,
genocide,
memory law
Related subjects:
Cultural studies,
Cultural theory,
Political theory,
Topics in cultural studies,
Memory,
History,
Topics in history,
Political ideologies and ideas,
Social sciences,
Political science,
Political science, other

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