Ali Kemal Özcan

Turkey's Kurds (eBook, ePUB)

A Theoretical Analysis of the PKK and Abdullah Ocalan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using newly translated material and recent field based research results, this book on Turkey's Kurdish population examines Kurdish nationalism and in particular the ideational nature and organizational workings of the PKK.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134211296
• Artikelnr.: 38453245

Autorenporträt

Ali Kemal Ozcan holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Kent. His thesis investigates the resent Kurdish resistance in Turkey. He is the author of Humanisation Movement (Berlin 1999): The Nature and Resource Field of the Kurdish Resistance in Turkey: A Dormant Resource (forthcoming 2005). Research interests include nationalism, democratisation and civil society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Nationalism 1. Distilling the 'Mongrelized' Twin
Concepts of Modernity 2. The Twilight of 'Communist Nationalism' 3. Kurds'
Nationness and Nationalism in Modern Turkey Part 2: The Seeds of Turkey's
Kurdish Question 4. The Last Push for the Last Refuge 5. The Vital Concerns
of the Republican Turkish Political Elite: A 'National War' without
Nationalism 6. The Sharp Contrast between the Two Policies Part 3: Enter
the PKK 7. The Accumulative Period 8. The Emergence of the 'Apocular' Group
Part 4: The Discourse and the Objectives of the PKK 9. The Theoretical
Development of the Party and Its Programme from its Foundation to Ocalan's
Arrest 10. Following Ocalan's Arrest: The 'Second Manifesto' Part 5:
Sources and Motivations 11. Tribe and Treason: The 'Twin Heritage' of
Kurdishness 12. The Nature and Resource Field of the Organization 13.
Messianic Charisma: For Whom it Operates Part 6: The Rise and Fall of the
PKK 14. The Organizational Ascent 15. The Organizational Vicious Circle and
Its Shrinkage Part 7: Conclusion Epilogue Tables Appendices Bibliography