AGBU Webtalks

WebTalks

The Generational Legacy of Genocide

Israel Charny

Dr. Charny considers the psychological trauma transmitted to second-generation genocide survivors.

play

We want to hear from you

April 2017

The Generational Legacy of Genocide

Dr. Israel Charny, psychologist and executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem considers the psychological pressure and trauma transmitted to second-generation genocide survivors.


Produced by AGBU WebTalks in partnership with the Zoryan Institute.

Dr. Israel W. Charny is an Israeli and American psychologist who is widely known as the co-founder and past president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, founder and first president of the Israel Family Therapy Association, and a past president of the International Family Therapy Association. Three of his works have been awarded "Outstanding Academic Book of the Year" by the American Library Association including Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind. He has written and lectured extensively on the psychological motivations and impact of denial. He is also the author of Encyclopedia of Genocide, a two-volume reference work that examines the entire historiography of all genocides, including the phenomenology of the denial.


Topics: Current Affairs Genocide

Related Videos

play
Geoffrey Robertson

An Inconvenient Genocide

Human rights lawyer and author Geoffrey Robertson disputes the denialist argument perpetua ... [more]

December 2017
play
Raymond Kévorkian

Survivors

Historian Raymond Kévorkian reveals figures and demographic details about the survi ... [more]

April 2018
03:34 play
Geoffrey Robertson

The Importance of Genocide Recognition

Human rights laywer Geoffrey Robertson explains what constitutes genocide as a legal conce ... [more]

April 2016
04:30 play
Raymond Kévorkian

The Political Atmosphere Preceding the Genocide

Historian Raymond Kévorkian describes the international context and political clima ... [more]

April 2016
play
Hayk Demoyan

The Design and Symbolism of Tsitsernakaberd

The Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex in Yerevan is Armenia’s official memorial dedic ... [more]

November 2017
play
Bernard Coulie

The Phases of the Armenian Genocide of 1915

Professor Bernard Coulie examines the socio-political context of the events that led to th ... [more]

December 2018
play
Bernard Coulie

The Recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Belgium

Dr. Bernard Coulie reviews the progression of Belgian government’s official recognit ... [more]

December 2018
play
Israel Charny

Denial as Hate Speech

Psychologist Israel Charny asserts that denial - as a form of hate speech - is a continuat ... [more]

April 2021
play
Raymond Kévorkian

The Stages of Genocide

Historian Raymond Kévorkian outlines the five distinct phases that constituted the ... [more]

December 2019
play
Hayk Demoyan

The History of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial

For over fifty years, the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide ... [more]

November 2019

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/ubuntu/www/agbuwebtalks.org/public_html/module/Application/view/application/index/paginator.phtml on line 11

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/ubuntu/www/agbuwebtalks.org/public_html/module/Application/view/application/index/paginator.phtml on line 17
Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions ©2020 AGBU WebTalks. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED