Title Mapping Kurdistan : territory, self-determination and nationalism / Zeynep N. Kaya, London School of Economics and Political Science

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) : maps Contents Kurdish Territoriality Under Ottoman Rule -- Orientalist Views of National Identity and Colonial Maps of Kurdistan -- Wilsonian self-determination: The rise and fall of hopes for Kurdistan -- Kurdish Nationalism During Decolonisation and the Cold War -- Kurds and the international society after the Cold War -- Kurdish Diaspora: Kurdistan Map Goes Global Summary "Since the early twentieth century, Kurds have challenged the borders and national identities of the states they inhabit. Nowhere is this more evident than in their promotion of the map of greater Kurdistan, a unified ideal homeland which encompasses large swathes of Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran, and a small part of Armenia, in a region with a complex history of ethnic, cultural and political background. The main Kurdish political actors in each of these states claim some ownership or control over a part of a state's territory and they are usually careful to restrict their claims to within the state they reside. All these Kurdistans have been geographically, economically and culturally marginalised in each state and have historically been buffer zones between regional and colonial powers. The idea of greater Kurdistan combines these areas and puts Kurdistan at the centre rather than in the margins. The map of greater Kurdistan is embedded in the consciousness of the majority of Kurdish people, both within the region and, perhaps even more strongly, in the diaspora. The territory it depicts, Kurdistan, has never been a recognised state and does not have a unified political leadership. Yet the concept of Kurdistan, as a cultural and political abstract, survives the reality and exists in the minds of Kurdish nationalists, their supporters as well as those who deny it. The territory depicted on the map is a heterogenous geography inhabited by different ethnic and religious groups such as Arabs, Turks, Persians, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, Christians, and others"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2020) Subject Kurds -- Politics and government. Self-determination, National -- Kurdistan Nationalism -- Kurdistan National characteristics, Kurdish. Kurdish diaspora. Politics and government Boundaries International law Kurdish diaspora Kurds -- Politics and government National characteristics, Kurdish Nationalism Self-determination, National SUBJECT Kurdistan -- Politics and government Kurdistan -- Boundaries -- History Kurdistan -- International status Subject Middle East -- Kurdistan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019055186 ISBN 9781108629805 1108629806 9781108692359 1108692354

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