Mapping Kurdistan : territory, self-determination and nationalism

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    • Kaya, Zeynep

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Mapping Kurdistan : territory, self-determination and nationalism

Zeynep N. Kaya, London School of Economics and Political Science

Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "Since the early twentieth century, Kurds have challenged the borders and national identities of the states they inhabit. Nowhere is this more evident than in their promotion of the map of greater Kurdistan, a unified ideal homeland which encompasses large swathes of Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran, and a small part of Armenia, in a region with a complex history of ethnic, cultural and political background. The main Kurdish political actors in each of these states claim some ownership or control over a part of a state's territory and they are usually careful to restrict their claims to within the state they reside. All these Kurdistans have been geographically, economically and culturally marginalised in each state and have historically been buffer zones between regional and colonial powers. The idea of greater Kurdistan combines these areas and puts Kurdistan at the centre rather than in the margins. The map of greater Kurdistan is embedded in the consciousness of the majority of Kurdish people ...

収録内容

  • Kurdish Territoriality Under Ottoman Rule
  • Orientalist Views of National Identity and Colonial Maps of Kurdistan
  • Wilsonian self-determination: The rise and fall of hopes for Kurdistan
  • Kurdish Nationalism During Decolonisation and the Cold War
  • Kurds and the international society after the Cold War
  • Kurdish Diaspora: Kurdistan Map Goes Global

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内容説明

Since the early twentieth-century, Kurds have challenged the borders and national identities of the states they inhabit. Nowhere is this more evident than in their promotion of the 'Map of Greater Kurdistan', an ideal of a unified Kurdish homeland in an ethnically and geographically complex region. This powerful image is embedded in the consciousness of the Kurdish people, both within the region and, perhaps even more strongly, in the diaspora. Addressing the lack of rigorous research and analysis of Kurdish politics from an international perspective, Zeynep Kaya focuses on self-determination, territorial identity and international norms to suggest how these imaginations of homelands have been socially, politically and historically constructed (much like the state territories the Kurds inhabit), as opposed to their perception of being natural, perennial or intrinsic. Adopting a non-political approach to notions of nationhood and territoriality, Mapping Kurdistan is a systematic examination of the international processes that have enabled a wide range of actors to imagine and create the cartographic image of greater Kurdistan that is in use today.

目次

  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on text
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Kurdish territoriality under Ottoman rule
  • 2. Orientalist views of national identity and colonial maps of Kurdistan
  • 3. Wilsonian self-determination: the rise and fall of hopes for Kurdistan
  • 4. Kurdish nationalism during decolonisation and the Cold War
  • 5. Kurds and the international society after the Cold War
  • 6. Kurdish diaspora: Kurdistan map goes global
  • Conclusion
  • Index.

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