The Egalitarian King?

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Analysis Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.3167/sa.2022.660305

Axel Rudi

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Abstract

The Kurdish movement has often been touted as an egalitarian struggle, and, in many ways, rightly so. However, the movement's relation to its undisputed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, has remained relatively unexamined. This article seeks to rectify this oversight by investigating how Abdullah Öcalan informs the movement's egalitarian life. To do so, the article employs a frame of analysis that utilizes anthropological theory on kingship. Drawing on secondary sources and fieldwork in Turkish and Iraqi Kurdistan, the article argues that Öcalan works as and resembles a king for the movement in several key respects, greatly influencing the movement's structure. The article contends that applying this frame of analysis may bolster theoretical apparatuses for studying revolutionary movements and nuance polar understandings of hierarchy and egalitarianism.

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平等主义的国王?

库尔德运动经常被吹捧为一场平等主义的斗争，在许多方面，这是正确的。然而，该运动与其无可争议的领导人阿卜杜拉Öcalan的关系仍然相对未被研究。本文试图通过调查阿卜杜拉Öcalan如何为该运动的平等主义生活提供信息来纠正这种疏忽。为此，本文采用了一个运用人类学王权理论的分析框架。根据二手资料和在土耳其和伊拉克库尔德斯坦的实地考察，文章认为Öcalan在几个关键方面就像一个运动的国王，极大地影响了运动的结构。文章认为，应用这一分析框架可能会加强研究革命运动的理论工具，并使对等级制度和平等主义的两极理解有细微差别。

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来源期刊

Social Analysis ANTHROPOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

7.10%

发文量

审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research. It encourages contributions grounded in original empirical research that critically probe established paradigms of social and cultural analysis. The journal expresses the best that anthropology has to offer by exploring in original ways the relationship between ethnographic materials and theoretical insight. By forging creative and critical engagements with cultural, political, and social processes, it also opens new avenues of communication between anthropology and the humanities as well as other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, including regular Special Issues on particular themes. The Editors welcome individual articles that focus on diverse topics and regions, reflect varied theoretical approaches and methods, and aim to appeal widely within anthropology and beyond. Proposals for Special Issues are selected by the Editorial Board through an annual competitive call.