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', an ideal of a unified Kurdish homeland in an ethnically and geographically complex region. This powerful image is embedded in the consciousness of the Kurdish people, both within the region and, perhaps even more strongly, in the diaspora. Addressing the lack of rigorous research and analysis of Kurdish politics from an international perspective, Zeynep Kaya focuses on self-determination, territorial identity and international norms to suggest how these imaginations of homelands have been socially, politically and historically constructed (much like the state territories the Kurds inhabit), as opposed to their perception of being natural, perennial or intrinsic. Adopting a non-political approach to notions of nationhood and territoriality, Mapping Kurdistan is a systematic examination of the international processes that have enabled a wide range of actors to imagine and create the cartographic image of greater Kurdistan that is in use today.
0 有用 CG陶菲克 2020-07-30 08:39:20
三星半。将“自决”这个概念的演变作为大背景，讨论这一背景下库尔德民族主义的发展，特别关注了Greater Kurdistan的概念以及库尔德斯坦地图是如何在不同时期被民族主义者用来塑造身份的。作者博士在LSE拿的是国际关系的学位，所以这书强在理论分析和概念史的梳理，弱在史料，地图部分和思想史部分有一点点割裂，对地图本身的分析不算多，并且没怎么用原始材料。
0 有用 CG陶菲克 2020-07-30 08:39:20
三星半。将“自决”这个概念的演变作为大背景，讨论这一背景下库尔德民族主义的发展，特别关注了Greater Kurdistan的概念以及库尔德斯坦地图是如何在不同时期被民族主义者用来塑造身份的。作者博士在LSE拿的是国际关系的学位，所以这书强在理论分析和概念史的梳理，弱在史料，地图部分和思想史部分有一点点割裂，对地图本身的分析不算多，并且没怎么用原始材料。