2009, ISBN: 1850436290

Hardback, [PD: 01/12/2009], [PU: I B Tauris & Co Ltd], Seiten: 256, After more than 150 years of armed struggle, why have the Kurds been unable to form their own nation-state? In this rad… Mehr…

Hardback, [PD: 01/12/2009], [PU: I B Tauris & Co Ltd], Seiten: 256, After more than 150 years of armed struggle, why have the Kurds been unable to form their own nation-state? In this radical new understanding of a people whose plight has been widely documented, Hussein Tahiri examines the internal factors that have contributed to the Kurdish failure to establish a sovereign state. The tribal divisions of Kurdish society resulted in tribal loyalty transcending any loyalty to the idea of a Kurdish nation. As political parties developed, they incorporated tribal leaders, structures and values. "The Kurds: In Search of a Nationhood" is the first systematic work on the issue of tribalism in Kurdish history. Both original and iconoclastic, it is based upon extensive interviews and detailed research. The result is a work of vital importance in understanding the evolution of the Kurdish problem that no one can afford to ignore.<