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Opening Remarks
1. What is important to know about xenophobia?
2. The historical axis
3. Armenians in Baku
4. Ban on Armenian names
5. Entry ban to Azerbaijan
6. Ban on positive attitude to Armenians
7. Armenian origin of non-conformists
8. Armenophobia in official statements
9. Armenophobia in the mass media
10. Dehumanization and demonization of Armenians
11. Anti-Armenian paranoia
12. Ramil Safarov vs. Akram Aylisli: avatars of good and evil
13. Exporting armenophobia
14. Destruction of the cultural and historic Armenian heritage
15. Mythologization of «genocides»
16. Women’s role in shaping armenophobia
17. Azerichild.info
18. Armenophobia in textbooks
19. Armenophobia in the Azerbaijani literature
Final remarks
Sources
The idea of this book came after the presentation of Azeriсhild project which represented a systematized compilation of works by Azerbaijani authors intended for children audiences along with a series of examples of works created by children themselves, which gave a clear demonstration of the gap between the real situation in the Azerbaijani society about anything relating to Armenia and the declared tolerance for diversity of cultures and religions.
Naturally enough, we tend to label this hatred as armenophobia often without full awareness of the pivotal role it plays in shaping the ethnic identity of Azerbaijanis; such hatred channeled against all that pertains to Armenia stands as the nemesis of their psychological model and fuels the juxtaposition of us vs. them which is fraught with repercussions for Azerbaijanis themselves.
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Assessing an individual and his/her conduct in terms of a group affiliation is a form of ethnic stereotyping. As a rule, such assessment represents a projection of one’s own qualities on the “alien”.
Projection is a form of psychological defense that attributes to someone else the traits of one’s own character, personal qualities, feelings, relationships, etc. The projection functions as a protective mechanism guarding the individual against alarming sentiments. Besides, a desire or emotion so projected is perceived by the individual as directed at his/her own self externally. This comes as a consequence of the psychological repression that amounts to a subconscious attribution of one’s own qualities, feelings and desires to another person.22 In this case, repressed desires are projected to someone else. Meanwhile the individual condemns others for what he/she fails to identify as his/her own desires.
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