亚美尼亚民族起源论:一个民族主义话语之争

Theories of Armenian Origin:A Struggle of Discourse on Nationalist Right to Existence

亚美尼亚民族是现存世界上最古老的民族之一,具有持久和稳定的民族特性。历史上,他们居住在安纳托利亚高原东部及黑海和里海之间的南高加索地区,是一个文化上孤立的族群。关于亚美尼亚民族起源的研究,众说纷纭,至今尚未有定论,但总体上来说,主要有本土说和外来说两种。然而,在南高加索地域冲突的背景下,本土说和外来说已不再单纯只是一个学术问题,而是掺入了为现实政治利益服务的民族主义因素,成了一个为领土占有权合法性辩护的民族主义话语之争。

The Armenian is one of the oldest living people in the world with enduring and stable national characteristics. In history, they had been living on the eastern Anatolia, the South Caucasia between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea as a "culturally” isolated ethnic group. The opinions vary much on the theories about the Armenian origin, and still there isn't final conclusion. But in general the theories can be classified by an indigenous or migrated origin opinion. However, in the context of regional conflicts in the south Caucasus, the indigenous and migrated theories are not simply academic issues, but were mixed into nationalism factors for the realistic political interests and national rights, and therefore it was evolved into A Dispute of discourse on Nationalist Right to Existence.