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A cautionary tale.(Editorial)
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International Journal of Kurdish Studies
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January 1, 2007
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A number of articles in this 21st volume of the journal deal with Kurdish nationalist aspirations. To broaden and deepen reflection on the subject, here are excerpts from an argument against self-determination based on ethnicity. The author is Trent University philosopher Michael Neumann, a member of a family of German Jews who suffered greatly during the Nazi era.
"Zionism is, in important respects, far from unique, and its defenders use this. Why, they say, shouldn't the Jews have a right to a homeland? Doesn't every people have this right?... I will argue that in the sense relevant to the Israel/Palestine conflict, no people have this right. Each individual person ...
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