{"title":"Nationalism, history and civilization in Öcalan’s thought","authors":"H. Bahadır Türk","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2021.2011849","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\n Using an interpretive-textual method, this study seeks to analyse the major characteristics of Abdullah Öcalan’s narrative of history in terms of the relationship between history and nationalism. Öcalan has been the undisputed leader of the PKK since the founding of the organization in 1978. As the leader who has shaped the policies of the PKK, Öcalan’s narrative of history has functioned as a cognitive map for the organization. Accordingly, this study argues that Öcalan’s narrative of history reflects a strong primordialist tendency. Furthermore, it is argued that history has been a significant component of Öcalan’s political thought.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":"24 1","pages":"287 - 302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2021.2011849","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
Using an interpretive-textual method, this study seeks to analyse the major characteristics of Abdullah Öcalan’s narrative of history in terms of the relationship between history and nationalism. Öcalan has been the undisputed leader of the PKK since the founding of the organization in 1978. As the leader who has shaped the policies of the PKK, Öcalan’s narrative of history has functioned as a cognitive map for the organization. Accordingly, this study argues that Öcalan’s narrative of history reflects a strong primordialist tendency. Furthermore, it is argued that history has been a significant component of Öcalan’s political thought.
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National Identities explores the formation and expression of national identity from antiquity to the present day. It examines the role in forging identity of cultural (language, architecture, music, gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with "the other" etc.) and political (state forms, wars, boundaries) factors, by examining how these have been shaped and changed over time. The historical significance of "nation"in political and cultural terms is considered in relationship to other important and in some cases countervailing forms of identity such as religion, region, tribe or class. The focus is on identity, rather than on contingent political forms that may express it. The journal is not prescriptive or proscriptive in its approach.
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