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Nation and Class in the History of the Kurdish Movement

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  1. Nicola Degli Esposti

    1. Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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  • Presents first history of the Kurdish national movement from a political-economic perspective
  • Explains the complexity of Kurdish politics today by exploring its origins in a century of Kurdish nationalism
  • Investigates the interaction of class and nation in the history of Kurdish nationalism.

Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 1-24

  3. Feudal Nationalism in Kurdistan (1918–1946)

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 25-47

  4. Colonialism, Rural Conflict and Kurdish Uprising in Iraq (1946–1991)

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 49-80

  5. The Class Structure of Kurdish Self-Rule in Iraq (1991–2014)

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 81-110

  6. The Crisis of Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq (2014–2018)

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 111-135

  7. The Kurdish Question in Turkey (1946–1987)

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 137-163

  8. The Kurdish Insurgency in Turkey (1987–1999)

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    Pages 165-189

  9. The New Kurdish Movement in Turkey and Beyond (2000–2018)

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 191-215

  10. Class Politics and Kurdish Nationalism in Iran and Syria

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    Pages 217-235

  11. Conclusion

    • Nicola Degli Esposti
    Pages 237-251

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 253-259
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About this book

This book covers over a century of history, from the emergence of Kurdish nationalism in the interwar period to the 2010s when, for the first time in modern history, Kurdish forces controlled two autonomous political entities in Iraq and Syria, as well as over a hundred municipalities in south-eastern Turkey. In these years of momentous advance for Kurdish forces across the region, Kurdish politics remains deeply divided into competing movements pursuing irreconcilable projects for the future of the nation. The author investigates the origins of the present divide in the history of Kurdish nationalism. The book turns the historical sociology to study nationalism as embedded in social conflicts through a comparative analysis of the history of the Kurdish movement in Iraq and Turkey, by reassessing the literature on Kurdish politics and filling its gaps with numerous interviews with witnesses and scholars. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Nicola Degli Esposti

About the author

Nicola Degli Esposti is Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the UK. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nation and Class in the History of the Kurdish Movement

  • Authors: Nicola Degli Esposti

  • Series Title: Middle East Today

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10247-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10246-2Published: 12 October 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10249-3Published: 13 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10247-9Published: 11 October 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2945-7017

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-7025

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 259

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Middle Eastern Politics

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