{"product_id":"primitive-rebels-or-revolutionary-modernizers-paul-j-white-9781856498227","title":"Primitive Rebels or Revolutionary Modernizers","description":"\u003cp\u003eProtests worldwide followed the capture and trial of the Kurdish nationalist leader Abdullah  calan in 1999. Millions of people are now aware of the long fight by  calan's PKK guerillas in Turkey. But where does the PKK come from? What are its aims? Who supports it? What will its future be without  calan to guide it? And, most important of all, is there now a real prospect for a peaceful resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey and a democratic future that recognises the cultural plurality of the country? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis timely book seeks answers to these questions and provides an informative, up-to-date and readable account of the Kurdish reality in Turkey today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIts focus is a critical examination of the Kurdish nationalist movement -- especially the largest and most powerful grouping, the PKK. Its evolution is traced. Initially reliant on armed struggle, the PKK had in fact, the author shows, made significant strides towards becoming a mainstream mass political movement before  calan's arrest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginal interviews with Icalan, his rival Kurdish nationalist leaders and ordinary PKK guerillas are woven into the text. They make possible an understanding of Abdullah  calan's personality as well as revealing much about leadership in contemporary Kurdish nationalism. Of particular interest also is the author's revisionist discussion of the Alevi Kurds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul J. White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1856498220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781856498227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.52w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 2019","brand":"Paul J. White","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074039967999,"sku":"9781856498227","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a370bdc-f784-43ef-a680-d32c50c58a38.jpg?v=1685451420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/primitive-rebels-or-revolutionary-modernizers-paul-j-white-9781856498227","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}