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Demokratische Nation

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Das System der Nationalstaaten ist in der Krise. Nicht nur, aber besonders im Mittleren Osten. Nationalistische Diktaturen und religiöse Fanatiker ersticken die Demokratie und vergiften das Zusammenleben der verschiedenen Bevölkerungsgruppen.
Öcalan schlägt als Ausweg die Anwendung des demokratischen Konföderalismus auf der Ebene der Nation vor: Nation neu gedacht als demokratisch organisiertes Zusammenleben der verschiedenen ethnischen und religiösen Gruppen.
»Demokratische Nation bedeutet, dass das Volk sich selbst als Nation konstituiert, ohne sich dabei auf Macht und Staat zu stützen, also eine Nationwerdung, die durch die dafür nötige Politisierung erfolgt. Es geht um den Nachweis, dass es möglich ist, sich durch autonome Institutionen in den Bereichen Selbstverteidigung, Wirtschaft, Recht, Gesellschaft, Diplomatie und Kultur zur Nation zu entwickeln und sich als demokratische Nation zu konstituieren, ohne zum Staat zu werden und ohne die Macht zu ergreifen. Die demokratische Gesellschaft lässt sich nur durch ein solches Modell von Nation verwirklichen.«

82 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2016

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Abdullah Öcalan

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Abdullah Öcalan is the founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). From 1984, under his leadership, the PKK fought for Kurdish liberation. Since his kidnapping and arrest in 1999, he has been in solitary confinement in Imrali Island Prison.

Since his imprisonment, Ocalan has written extensively on Middle Eastern and Kurdish history. With his books he has significantly influenced the course of Kurdish politics in the last two decades.

He argues for the concepts of Democratic Autonomy and Democratic Confederalism that are considered an alternative to a Kurdish nation-state.

From 2009-2015, the Turkish state held negotiations with him about a solution of the Kurdish Question. Since the collapse of the talks in 2015, Öcalan has been under total isolation.

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October 27, 2023
I've read the English edition.

Ocalan manages to skillfully and eloquently outline the idea of a democratic nation - a seemingly ideal concept of a nation and much preferred over the modern nation state. I found myself largely agreeing with Ocalan while reading this. I never looked upon social matters as the top priority, nor really cared about ecology in-so far as wanting to do something about it. Yet Ocalan had left me persuaded the need for a feminist, ecological multi ethnic and cultural democratic nation.

I admire his rejection of nationalism despite being the founder and leader of a movement largely perceived as nationalistic.

However the book is not detailed or long enough.
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