![]() language, culture, history, social structure, demarcated territory. It is evident that the Kurds are considered a nation due to possessing certain distinctive characteristics i.e. ![]() Thus, the idea that nations possess primordial elements which precede all social and political interactions, seems strong in the Kurdish case. The emergence of the Kurdish national identity did not occur under an industrialised context according to most modernisation theories while no Kurdish state existed to facilitate the establishment of a national identity. Most of the studies adopt an essentialist approach focusing on the primordial character of Kurdish identity and overlooking the modern social reconstruction of Kurdish identity and its features. ![]() Theories of nationalism have not paid significant attention to the development of Kurdish nationalism, despite the fact that the Kurds represent a unique case in the study of contemporary nationalism. ![]()
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