Table of Contents
Foreword Nadje Al-Ali vii
Introduction xviii
1 War and Peace in Kurdis Ian: Perspectives on a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question 1
Introduction 1
Etymology of the Words Kurd and Kurdistan 2
Kurdish Settlement Area and Kurdish Language 3
A Short Outline of Kurdish History 3
Struggles for Resources, War and State Terror in Kurdistan 6
European Colonialism and the Kurdish Dilemma 7
The Ideological Basis of Colonial Oppression and Power Politics in Kurdistan 8
Kurdish Identity and Kurdish Resistance 13
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) 14
New Strategic, Philosophical and Political Approaches 18
The Present Situation and Suggestions for a Solution 24
2 Democratic Confederalism 30
Introduction 30
The Nation-State 31
Democratic Confederalism 39
Principles of Democratic Confederalism 46
Problems of the Peoples in the Middle East and Possible Ways to a Solution 47
3 Liberating Life: Woman's Revolution 57
Introduction 57
Women's Revolution: Neolithic Era 60
The First Major Sexual Rupture 63
How Patriarchal Authority became Deep-Rooted 68
All Slavery is Based on Housewifisation 70
The Second Major Sexual Rupture 73
Family, Dynasty and State 76
Women's Situation in Kurdish Society 80
Capitalism 82
Economy 85
Killing the Dominant Male: Instituting the Third Major Sexual Rupture against the Dominant Male 87
Jineolojî as the Science of Woman 91
Democratic Modernity: The Era of Woman's Revolution 93
4 Democratic Nation 97
Introduction 97
Capitalist Modernity and the Nation 99
Democratic Modernity 103
Democratic Solution 105
The Democratic Nation Model 108
To Be a Seeker of a Democratic Nation Solution 139
Conclusion 141
Index 145
