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Kurdish Awakening: Nation Building in a Fragmented Homeland

Editat de Ofra Bengio
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2014
Kurdish Awakening examines key questions related to Kurdish nationalism and identity formation in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The world’s largest stateless ethnic group, Kurds have steadily grown in importance as a political power in the Middle East, particularly in light of the “Arab Spring.” As a result, Kurdish issues—political, cultural, and historical alike—have emerged as the subject of intense scholarly interest. This book provides fresh ways of understanding the historical and sociopolitical underpinnings of the ongoing Kurdish awakening and its already significant impact on the region.
Rather than focusing on one state or angle, this anthology fills a gap in the literature on the Kurds by providing a panoramic view of the Kurdish homeland’s various parts. The volume focuses on aspects of Kurdish nationalism and identity formation not addressed elsewhere, including perspectives on literature, gender, and constitution making. Further, broad thematic essays include a discussion of the historical experiences of the Kurds from the time of their Islamization more than a millennium ago up until the modern era, a comparison of the Kurdish experience with other ethno-national movements, and a treatment of the role of tribalism in modern nation building. This collection is unique in its use of original sources in various languages. The result is an analytically rich portrayal that sheds light on the Kurds’ prospects and the challenges they confront in a region undergoing sweeping upheavals.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781477309896
ISBN-10: 1477309896
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 2 b&w photos, 5 b&w maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press

Notă biografică

OFRA BENGIO is Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Kurdish Studies Program at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, as well as Associate Professor (Emerita) in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. A frequent commentator in Israeli and world media, she is the author of several books, including The Kurds of Iraq: Building a State within a State. She lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cuprins

  • Acronyms
  • Foreword (Uzi Rabi)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction (Ofra Bengio)
  • Part I
    • Kurdish Nationalism in Comparative Perspective (Benyamin Neuberger)
    • Historical Setting: The Roots of Modern Kurdish Nationalism (Michael Eppel)
    • The Dual Relationship between Kurdish Tribalism and Nationalism (Eli Amarilyo)
  • Part II
    • Kurdish Integration in Iraq: The Paradoxes of Nation Formation and Nation Building (Sherko Kirmanj)
    • The Evolution of National Identity and the Constitution-Drafting Process in the Kurdistan-Iraq Region (Rachel Kantz Feder)
    • Forging an Iraqi-Kurdish Identity: A Case Study of Kurdish Novelists Writing in Arabic (Ronen Zeidel)
  • Part III
    • A Tale of Political Consciousness: The Rise of a Nonviolent Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey (Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak)
    • The Role of Language in the Evolution of Kurdish National Identity in Turkey (Duygu Atlas)
    • The Kurdish Women in Turkey: Nation Building and the Struggle for Gender Parity (Heidi Basch-Harod)
  • Part IV
    • The Kurds in Syria: Caught between the Struggle for Civil Equality and the Search for National Identity (Eyal Zisser)
    • Toward a Generational Rupture within the Kurdish Movement in Syria? (Jordi Tejel)
  • Part V
    • The Kurds in Iran: The Quest for Identity (Nader Entessar)
    • The Nostalgic Republic: The Kurdish Republic of 1946 and Its Effect on Kurdish Identity and Nation Building in Iran (Hussein Tahiri)
  • Conclusion: The Kurdish Momentum (Ofra Bengio)
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

Descriere

Kurdish Awakening is a comprehensive examination of the sweeping developments in “Greater Kurdistan” over the past few decades, analyzing the growth of this nationalistic yet fragmented movement and illuminating its geopolitical implications.