Kurds and the State in Iran - The Making of Kurdish Identity

With its analysis of the formation and effects of nationalism and ethnic identity, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Kurds or the development of national and state identities in the Middle East.

About the author

Abbas Vali is Professor of Modern Social and Political Theory at the Department of Sociology, in Bogazici Universiti, Istabul. He previously taught Political Theory and Modern Middle Eastern Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Wales, Swansea, before moving to Erbil, Iraq to serve as the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Kurdistan Hawler from 2006 to 2008. His writings include 'Pre-Capitalist Iran: A Theoritical History' (I.B.Tauris, 1993), 'Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism' (2003) and 'Modernity and the Stateless: The Kurds in the Islamic Republic' (I.B.Tauris, forthcoming).

Product details

• Authors: Abbas Vali
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9781848857889
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-788-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: International Library of Irani; International Library of Irani
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous