The Political Development of the Kurds in Iran: Pastoral NationalismThis book looks at Kurdish Nationalism in Iran and examines the links between the structural changes in the Kurdish economy and its political demands. Farideh Koohi-Kamali argues that the transition of the nomadic, tribal society of Kurdistan to an agrarian village society was the beginning of a process by which Kurds saw themselves as a community of homogenous ethnic identity. The political movements of Kurds in Iran are discussed to illustrate that the different phases of economic development of Kurdish society played a great role in determining the way in which Kurds expressed their political demands for independence. |
Contents
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1 The Kurds and Kurdistan | 24 |
2 The Political Economy of Kurdish Tribalism | 44 |
3 Nationalism or Tribalism? Simkos Revolt | 66 |
4 The Kurdish Republic in Mahabad | 89 |
5 The Political Economy of Kurdish Nationalism | 126 |
6 Kurdistan from the 1946 Republic to the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Republic | 165 |
Conclusion | 197 |
The Situation of the Kurds in Iran and Neighboring Countries 2002 | 210 |
2016 | 221 |
Notes | 227 |
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