This book investigates the forgotten years of Kurdish nationalism in Iran, from the fall of the Kurdish republic to the advent of the Iranian revolution.
Abbas Vali is former Chair of Modern Social and Political Thought at the Department of Sociology, Bogazici University, Turkey.
1. Introduction: Modernity and the Emergence of Popular Politics in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat).- 2. The Restoration of Sovereign Order and the Kurdish Resistance.- 3. The Revival of the Nationalist Movement.- 4. Coup d’État and Exile.- 5. Armed Action in Rojhelat.- 6. The Rise of the Left and the Search for a New Identity.- 7. The Formation and Structure of the Komalay Shoreshgeri Zahmatkeshani Kurdistani Eran (The Revolutionary Association of the Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan).- 8. The Revolutionary Rupture and the Political Field in Kurdistan: A Brief Survey.- 9. Conclusions: Genealogy of Violence—Sovereign Domination and Armed Resistance in Rojhelat.
