LI Ruiheng | The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq: A Perspective of State Building
Date:2022-03-03 Author:
Author:LI Ruiheng
Department of Arabic Language and Culture, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University
Arab World Studies, Volume 1, Jan. 2022
Abstract
The Kurdish independence referendum held in September 2017 indicates that an independence-oriented nationalism has become an obvious political phenomenon within the current Kurdish society of Iraq,which,however,is not an inevitable result. It is essentially an outcome of the failure of modern Iraq's state building process. Therefore,only from a perspective of state building,can one understand the origin of Iraqi Kurdish nationalism as the heritage of Ottoman Empire's collapse,and its development under the structure of Iraqi state,and its historical transformation due to the collective punishments and Kurdish autonomy after 1991,then further explore the extent to which the Iraqi Kurdish nationalism has evolved in different historical periods.
Key Words
Iraq; State Building; Kurdish Nationalism
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