Levon Abrahamian
Biographic Data
| ID | 123225 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Levon Abrahamian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Levon |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrahamian |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAHAMIAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4746-7076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reviving vessels: Deconstruction of the khachkar in late medieval tombstone imagery
This study explores the symbolic deconstruction of the classical Armenian khachkar within late medieval tombstone imagery, focusing on the migration of core generative motifs – especially the vessel – into new narrative contexts. Drawing on Ara Demirkhanyan’s tripartite, mirror-symmetrical generative scheme, the authors trace how the khachkar’s structural logic – rooted in a central, life-givingorigin – persists in figurative tombstones of the 15…
“Zvartnots conjunct with Colosseum”: From Tamanyan’s People’s House to the Theater of opera and ballet
The article examines one of the most enigmatic constructions of Alexander Tamanyan – the People’s House, which was the basis of the current Opera and Ballet Theater in Yerevan. The People’s House was strictly criticized by young proletarian architects, the Armenian representatives of the revolutionary Culture One – the author follows the concept proposed by V. Paperny, according to which in the early 1930s the “spreading” egalitarian Culture One …
Notes on the Poetics of Parajanov
The author in the form of notes discusses the poetics of Parajanov’s creativity – his realized and unrealized films, collages and life episodes. The film “The Color of Pomegranates” is analyzed in more detail, in which the author acted in a few episodes and is therefore familiar with some of the inner sides of its creation. It is shown how Parajanov visualizes the poetry of the 18th century poet and ashugh (bard) Sayat-Nova, building a new type o…
From Carnival Civil Society Toward a Real Civil Society: Democracy Trends in Post-Soviet Armenia
The authors assess the potential for election cycles and public demonstrations to create a viable civil society in Armenia, rather than an imitation or "carnival" one. Using anthropological approaches, including participant observation during various kinds of demonstrations, protests, and election campaigns, the authors conclude that aspects of civil society beyond the formation of nongovernmental organizations [NGOs], are developing in Armenia. …
The Chained Hero: The Cave and the Labyrinth
The article is a comparative study of the well-known mythological sujet of the chained hero and another popular motif, that of the labyrinth. The author lists in brief various versions of the legend about the chained hero, widespread in the Caucasian-Near Eastern region, emphasising the most significant details: tracing the motif of theomachy as a sin, and retribution common for all of them. The paper includes the analysis of such features of the…
Lenin as a Trickster
The collapse of the communist system was accompanied by a tumultuous process of the debunking of the communist ideology and the dethronement of the idealized images of its creators. It is perfectly understandable that Lenin, as the most clichéd image, would have to bear the brunt of the carnival-like process of the dethroning and disparaging of cult figures. However, the aim of this article is not to debunk the image of the leader of the revoluti…
Gha-ra-bagh: The Emergence of the National Demographic Movement in Armenia
Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community
The Secret Police As a Secret Society: Fear and Faith in the USSR
Today, as they observe the turbulent developments taking place in the society known until very recently as Soviet, our foreign colleagues, known appropriately as Sovietologists, are puzzled. How can it be that such a strong, centralized government has collapsed just like that, without any warning, and people who have lived in fear for more than seventy years have suddenly undergone such a radical transformation? "How do you explain the fact that …
The Crisis in Soviet Ethnography [and Comments]
Art for Art's Sake in the Paleolithic [and Comments and Reply]
On Bicephalous Images and Eurasian-American Links
On Schneider's Symbolic Culture Theory
On the Distancing of Emotion in Ritual
On Magical Thinking
On Malinowski's Magic
Art for Art's Sake in the Paleolithic [and Comments and Reply]
The Crisis in Soviet Ethnography [and Comments]
Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community
On the Distancing of Emotion in Ritual
Lenin as a Trickster
The collapse of the communist system was accompanied by a tumultuous process of the debunking of the communist ideology and the dethronement of the idealized images of its creators. It is perfectly understandable that Lenin, as the most clichéd image, would have to bear the brunt of the carnival-like process of the dethroning and disparaging of cult figures. However, the aim of this article is not to debunk the image of the leader of the revoluti…
The Secret Police As a Secret Society: Fear and Faith in the USSR
Today, as they observe the turbulent developments taking place in the society known until very recently as Soviet, our foreign colleagues, known appropriately as Sovietologists, are puzzled. How can it be that such a strong, centralized government has collapsed just like that, without any warning, and people who have lived in fear for more than seventy years have suddenly undergone such a radical transformation? "How do you explain the fact that …
On Malinowski's Magic
On the Distancing of Emotion in Ritual
On Magical Thinking
On Schneider's Symbolic Culture Theory
On Bicephalous Images and Eurasian-American Links
Art for Art's Sake in the Paleolithic [and Comments and Reply]
The Crisis in Soviet Ethnography [and Comments]
The Secret Police As a Secret Society: Fear and Faith in the USSR
Today, as they observe the turbulent developments taking place in the society known until very recently as Soviet, our foreign colleagues, known appropriately as Sovietologists, are puzzled. How can it be that such a strong, centralized government has collapsed just like that, without any warning, and people who have lived in fear for more than seventy years have suddenly undergone such a radical transformation? "How do you explain the fact that …
Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community
Lenin as a Trickster
The collapse of the communist system was accompanied by a tumultuous process of the debunking of the communist ideology and the dethronement of the idealized images of its creators. It is perfectly understandable that Lenin, as the most clichéd image, would have to bear the brunt of the carnival-like process of the dethroning and disparaging of cult figures. However, the aim of this article is not to debunk the image of the leader of the revoluti…
Gha-ra-bagh: The Emergence of the National Demographic Movement in Armenia
The Chained Hero: The Cave and the Labyrinth
The article is a comparative study of the well-known mythological sujet of the chained hero and another popular motif, that of the labyrinth. The author lists in brief various versions of the legend about the chained hero, widespread in the Caucasian-Near Eastern region, emphasising the most significant details: tracing the motif of theomachy as a sin, and retribution common for all of them. The paper includes the analysis of such features of the…
From Carnival Civil Society Toward a Real Civil Society: Democracy Trends in Post-Soviet Armenia
The authors assess the potential for election cycles and public demonstrations to create a viable civil society in Armenia, rather than an imitation or "carnival" one. Using anthropological approaches, including participant observation during various kinds of demonstrations, protests, and election campaigns, the authors conclude that aspects of civil society beyond the formation of nongovernmental organizations [NGOs], are developing in Armenia. …
Notes on the Poetics of Parajanov
The author in the form of notes discusses the poetics of Parajanov’s creativity – his realized and unrealized films, collages and life episodes. The film “The Color of Pomegranates” is analyzed in more detail, in which the author acted in a few episodes and is therefore familiar with some of the inner sides of its creation. It is shown how Parajanov visualizes the poetry of the 18th century poet and ashugh (bard) Sayat-Nova, building a new type o…
“Zvartnots conjunct with Colosseum”: From Tamanyan’s People’s House to the Theater of opera and ballet
The article examines one of the most enigmatic constructions of Alexander Tamanyan – the People’s House, which was the basis of the current Opera and Ballet Theater in Yerevan. The People’s House was strictly criticized by young proletarian architects, the Armenian representatives of the revolutionary Culture One – the author follows the concept proposed by V. Paperny, according to which in the early 1930s the “spreading” egalitarian Culture One …
Reviving vessels: Deconstruction of the khachkar in late medieval tombstone imagery
This study explores the symbolic deconstruction of the classical Armenian khachkar within late medieval tombstone imagery, focusing on the migration of core generative motifs – especially the vessel – into new narrative contexts. Drawing on Ara Demirkhanyan’s tripartite, mirror-symmetrical generative scheme, the authors trace how the khachkar’s structural logic – rooted in a central, life-givingorigin – persists in figurative tombstones of the 15…
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