Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism

ISBN-13: 9781108474696 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 243 str.

Zeynep N. Kaya

Opis

Examines how the idea of Kurdistan, as a homeland and a source of national identity, 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.