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Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement: Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities is a pioneering text that examines the ideas about social ecology and communalism behind the evolving political structures in the Kurdish region. The collection evaluates practical green projects, including the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, Jinwar women’s eco-village, food sovereignty in a solidarity economy, environmental defenders in Iranian Kurdistan, and Make Rojava Green Again. Contributors also critically reflect on such contested themes as Alevi nature beliefs, anti-dam demonstrations, human-rights law and climate change, the Gezi Park protests, and forest fires. Throughout this volume, the contributors consider the formidable challenges to the Kurdish initiatives, such as state repression, damaged infrastructure, and oil dependency. Nevertheless, contributors assert that the West has much to learn from the Kurdish ecological paradigm, which offers insight into social movement debates about development and decolonization.

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Author:   Stephen E. Hunt ,  John P. Clark ,  Azize Aslan ,  Ercan Ayboga
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.826kg
ISBN:  

9781793633842

ISBN 10:   1793633843
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   11 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Ecology in the Kurdish Paradigm Part I: Theory Chapter 1: The Value of Social Ecology in the Struggles to Come Chapter 2: Social Ecology in Öcalan’s Thinking Chapter 3: Ecological Self-Governmentality in Kurdish Space at a Time of Neoliberal Authoritarianism Chapter 4: Radical or Reactionary Tomatoes? Organizing against the Toxic Legacy of Capital’s Environmentalism Part II: Positive Initiatives for Ecological Change Chapter 5: Ecology Structures of the Kurdish Freedom Movement Chapter 6: An Interview with HDP Ecology Commission Co-Spokesperson, Menekşe Kizildere. Chapter 7: Greening and Feeding the City: The Difficult Path to the Implementation of Political Ecology in Diyarbakır/Amed, 2015-2017 Chapter 8: Regenerating Kurdish Ecologies Through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology, and Economies of Care Chapter 9: Free Life Together: Jinwar, the Women's Eco-village Chapter 10: Women’s Subjectivity and the Ecological and Communal Economy Part III: Social Movements and Environmental Activism Chapter 11: Environmental Activism in Rojhelat: Emergence and Objectives Chapter 12: The Kurdish Freedom Movement and Gezi: Strategic Reluctance and Tactical Ambiguities Chapter 13: Hasankeyf, the Ilısu Dam, and the Kurdish Movement in Turkey Chapter 14: The Kurdish Ecology Movement and Human Rights Chapter 15: The Internationalist Project to Make Rojava Green Again Part IV: Nature Protection and Kurdish Alevism Chapter 16: Dersim as a Sacred Land: Contemporary Kurdish Alevi Ethno-Politics and Environmental Struggle Chapter 17: The Philosophy of Ecology and Rêya Heqî: Religion, Nature, and Femininity Part V: Conflict and Environmental Destruction Chapter 18: Forest fires in Dersim and Şırnak: Conflict and Environmental Destruction Chapter 19: Breaking the Kill Chain: Exposing to Challenge British State and International Corporate Complicity in Turkey's Killer Drone Industry Part VI: Conclusions Chapter 20: “To Plant the Tree of Tomorrow”: Seeding and Spiraling Ecologically Aware Democratic Autonomy Beyond the Kurdish Freedom Movement Chapter 21: Concluding Reflections on the Kurdish Ecology Initiatives

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Stephen E. Hunt has put together an incredibly rich collection of informative, thought-provoking, and daring contributions in this rare gem. Contributions range from chapters on theoretical aspects of ecology to those on environmental activism and blossoming empirical innovations a la democratic confederalism--from excavations on cultural origins of nature protection to novel perspectives that emanate from contemporary eco-conservationist ideals in Kurdistan. This book offers more than a wide range of analyses on Kurdish politics; it also points towards new political possibilities that have global relevance.--Hanifi Baris, University of Aberdeen

Stephen E. Hunt has put together an incredibly rich collection of informative, thought-provoking, and daring contributions in this rare gem. Contributions range from chapters on theoretical aspects of ecology to those on environmental activism and blossoming empirical innovations a la democratic confederalism--from excavations on cultural origins of nature protection to novel perspectives that emanate from contemporary eco-conservationist ideals in Kurdistan. This book offers more than a wide range of analyses on Kurdish politics; it also points towards new political possibilities that have global relevance. --Hanifi Baris, University of Aberdeen

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Stephen E. Hunt is academic skills coordinator for the Faculty of Business and Law at the University of the West of England.

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