Since the mid-1990s, Armenia has been dominated politically and economically by an oligarchy. While the figures who form this oligarchy are known as corrupt and brutal in their use of force in governing, their power also depends on intimate, kin-based, clientelist connections to the body politic. I argue that these forms of intimacy—the sharing of cultural values of proper Armenian governance—are established not only on patriarchy in the form of paternalism (political Fatherhood), but fraternal solidarities (political brotherhood) as well. Political patriarchy, thus, is a hierarchical yet horizontal formation of a multiplicity of men. While breaking with what is understood as a proper Armenian morality limits the sovereignty of figures who are seen as no longer legitimate to rule, sovereign power also depends on the brutal force necessary to vie for power among a fraternal horde.

自1990年代中期以来，亚美尼亚在政治和经济上一直由寡头统治。虽然形成这种寡头政治的人物在执政中使用武力而被称为腐败和残酷，但他们的权力还取决于与政治团体的亲密，亲属关系的客户主义者联系。我认为，这种亲密关系-分享正确的亚美尼亚治理的文化价值观-不仅建立在父权制（家长式（政治父权）的形式）上，而且还建立在兄弟般的团结（政治上的兄弟情谊）上。因此，政治父权制是一个由多个人组成的等级制但水平的形式。尽管违反了亚美尼亚人的正当道德规范，限制了被视为不再有统治权的人物的主权，