Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism

ISBN-13: 9781108465397 / Angielski

Zeynep N. Kaya

Opis

Addressing the lack of rigorous research and analysis of Kurdish politics from an international perspective, this study examines how the map of Kurdistan, which represents the ideal of a unified Kurdish homeland in an ethnically and geographically complex region, was created within international political history.

Recenzje

'… Mapping Kurdistan shows the map of greater Kurdistan as a lasting and powerful symbol that can be adapted to whatever political or ideological framework is needed.' Luke Frostick, duvaR.english

Spis treści

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.