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AZERBAIJANI PSYCHOLOGIST: AZERBAIJANIS LOST THEIR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD AND BECAME A TRIBE
23:29 13/01/2014 " REGION
"We've lost the sense of nationhood. Our people don't identify
themselves with the nation. After all, the sense of nationhood creates
the feelings of self-esteem and pride. In my opinion we can speak
about a nation only when people in a society feel sympathy towards
each other, when they have common self-consciousness, common feelings,
and ideas. Under the current conditions, it can be witnessed that
this kind of feelings has become strange for us," Hasimli said.
According to the psychologist all of this is the result of deliberate
policy of Azerbaijani authorities. The case is, that when people have
common ties, when they are not split up into smaller groups, they
can be a threat. Whereas now there is nothing of a kind, everyone
is living by the principle of "none of my business", while it is
beneficial for the incumbent regime. It's more difficult to control
people who have common thoughts, ideas.
"It seems to me that the Azerbaijanis have already lost all the
nationalistic ideas and the country is composed of numerous families,
"tribes" which have some family ties," the expert noted.
She thinks that the self-humiliation of Zaur Hasanov is one of the
many episodic cases. That case could have become an example for those
whose rights are ruthlessly violated that is why the authorities
decided to remove the topic from the agenda and somehow resolve the
conflict. However, the problem hasn't been solved at the lower levels.
Samir Hasimli as well noted that "everything in Azerbaijan has become
virtual. " The matter doesn't go farther than the social media.
"We don't even have a politics. For example the recent events
concerning the National Council of Democratic forces were just small
movements, statements and some meetings. There is no real politics.
These all is an imitation of political processes." she said.
The psychologist also spoke about the public opinion concerning the
Karabakh issues, "We associate Karabakh with war. Do our people want
to fight for the lost land? The other day we all got the results of
the survey, where people simply didn't want to answer the question
about the Karabakh, but eagerly agreed to answer to the question of
how they are going to celebrate the New Year," she noted.
Moreover, according to her opinion, the people didn't have a holiday
mood either. "All these facts once more prove that the society today
is in a state of deep stress and depression" she added.
Source: Panorama.am
23:29 13/01/2014 " REGION
"We've lost the sense of nationhood. Our people don't identify
themselves with the nation. After all, the sense of nationhood creates
the feelings of self-esteem and pride. In my opinion we can speak
about a nation only when people in a society feel sympathy towards
each other, when they have common self-consciousness, common feelings,
and ideas. Under the current conditions, it can be witnessed that
this kind of feelings has become strange for us," Hasimli said.
According to the psychologist all of this is the result of deliberate
policy of Azerbaijani authorities. The case is, that when people have
common ties, when they are not split up into smaller groups, they
can be a threat. Whereas now there is nothing of a kind, everyone
is living by the principle of "none of my business", while it is
beneficial for the incumbent regime. It's more difficult to control
people who have common thoughts, ideas.
"It seems to me that the Azerbaijanis have already lost all the
nationalistic ideas and the country is composed of numerous families,
"tribes" which have some family ties," the expert noted.
She thinks that the self-humiliation of Zaur Hasanov is one of the
many episodic cases. That case could have become an example for those
whose rights are ruthlessly violated that is why the authorities
decided to remove the topic from the agenda and somehow resolve the
conflict. However, the problem hasn't been solved at the lower levels.
Samir Hasimli as well noted that "everything in Azerbaijan has become
virtual. " The matter doesn't go farther than the social media.
"We don't even have a politics. For example the recent events
concerning the National Council of Democratic forces were just small
movements, statements and some meetings. There is no real politics.
These all is an imitation of political processes." she said.
The psychologist also spoke about the public opinion concerning the
Karabakh issues, "We associate Karabakh with war. Do our people want
to fight for the lost land? The other day we all got the results of
the survey, where people simply didn't want to answer the question
about the Karabakh, but eagerly agreed to answer to the question of
how they are going to celebrate the New Year," she noted.
Moreover, according to her opinion, the people didn't have a holiday
mood either. "All these facts once more prove that the society today
is in a state of deep stress and depression" she added.
Source: Panorama.am