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Conflicted Community – Eugene Rogan Interview: What do the 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ mean for the Middle East today?

2024/6/26
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Eugene Rogan: 本书作者回顾了他从童年到学术生涯的经历，以及他对中东地区历史和文化的长期研究，特别是对1860年大马士革事件的研究。他强调了自身经历与研究主题之间的关联，以及对中东地区复杂历史的深刻理解。他指出，种族灭绝事件并非偶然，而是社会、经济和政治变革的产物，是不同群体之间长期矛盾积累的结果。他以1860年大马士革事件为例，详细阐述了当时社会、经济和政治环境的变化如何导致了暴力冲突的爆发，以及不同宗教和社会群体之间的矛盾如何演变为大规模暴力事件。他还将1860年大马士革事件与20世纪末和21世纪初发生的其它种族灭绝事件进行了比较，指出其共性在于一个群体将另一个群体视为生存威胁，并认为消灭对方是合理的解决方案。 Thomas Small: 托马斯·斯莫尔作为访谈主持人，引导尤金·罗根教授深入探讨了1860年大马士革事件的历史背景、事件经过以及其对当今中东的影响。他强调了该事件的严重性和复杂性，并与尤金·罗根教授共同分析了事件的深层原因和长期影响。他引导尤金·罗根教授从社会、经济和政治等多个角度解读了1860年大马士革事件，并探讨了该事件与当今世界发生的类似事件之间的联系。

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Eugene Rogan discusses his journey from growing up in Southern California to becoming a professor at Oxford, highlighting the influence of his international upbringing and the Middle Eastern events he witnessed during his childhood.

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The 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ saw Syrian Christians murdered by their Sunni Muslim neighbours in a brutal genocidal moment that reshaped the late Ottoman Empire. It’s an example of how previously harmonious communities can descend into brutal violence in a very short time span. But in the Ottoman Empire’s response to the violence, it’s also an example of how hostile communities can be brought back from the brink.

To learn more about this fascinating historical episode and its resonances today, Conflicted welcomes Eugene Rogan to our community! Eugene is a Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History and a Fellow of St. Anthony’s College at the University of Oxford. His recent book, ‘The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World’ is available now at all good bookshops and is very much recommended for the Conflicted Community as a must read to learn more about the late Ottoman Empire.

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