Kurdish National Movement in Turkey - From Protest to Resistance

Applying an innovative theoretical approach to the Kurdish Question and Kurdish national movement in Turkey, this book draws on extensive analysis of primary sources to better understand the rise and evolution of Kurdish nationalism and the contemporary contours of Kurdish identity and ideology.

Sommario

Introduction: The Research Question 1. Deconstructing Kurdish Identity and Nationalism in Academic Discourses 2. Understanding Kurdish Identity and Nationalism in Turkey 3. The Organic Intellectuals and the Re-emergence of Kurdish Political Activism in the 1960s 4. The Emergence of the Kurdish Socialist Movement 5. The Kurdish National Liberation Discourse 6. "Becoming a Kurd": The National Liberation War and Mass Mobilisation 7. Dislocations and the PKK’s Turn to Democracy 8. Contesting Democracy and Pluralism: The Pro-Kurdish Political Parties in Turkey. Conclusion: Democracy, Pluralism and Kurdish Subjectivity in (Post)National Turkey

Info autore

Cengiz Gunes holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Essex. His thesis examines the Kurdish national movement and the articulation of Kurdish identity in Turkey since the 1960s. His main research interests are in Identity and Nationalism, Democratic Theory and Contemporary Political Theory.

Riassunto

Applying an innovative theoretical approach to the Kurdish Question and Kurdish national movement in Turkey, this book draws on extensive analysis of primary sources to better understand the rise and evolution of Kurdish nationalism and the contemporary contours of Kurdish identity and ideology.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cengiz Gunes, Cengiz (Independent Scholar Gunes, Gunes Cengiz
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.05.2015
• EAN: 9781138898417
• ISBN: 978-1-138-89841-7
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Exeter Studies in Ethno Politics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Nationalism, Middle East, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements