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Milete min Êzîd. The Uniqueness of the Yezidi Concept of the Nation

Publication date: 21.12.2018

Securitologia, 2018, No 1 (27), pp. 67 - 78

https://doi.org/10.4467/24497436SCU.18.006.9929

Authors

Artur Rodziewicz
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5907-3664 Orcid
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Milete min Êzîd. The Uniqueness of the Yezidi Concept of the Nation

Abstract

Both the current increasing nationalistic discourse of the Yezidis and the discussion about their “Kurdishness” result from the growing political significance of the Kurds and the inclusion of the Yezidis into the geopolitical game in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The paper concerns the traditional Yezidi understanding of their millet, still valid, but starting to change, which is based on the mystical and metaphysical ideas incompatible with the approach preferred by contemporary political science.

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Information: Securitologia, 2018, No 1 (27), pp. 67 - 78

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Milete min Êzîd. The Uniqueness of the Yezidi Concept of the Nation

English:

Milete min Êzîd. The Uniqueness of the Yezidi Concept of the Nation

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5907-3664

Artur Rodziewicz
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5907-3664 Orcid
All publications →

Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 21.12.2018

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