** I. Preface

** II. The Nation-State

*** A. Basics

**** 1. Nation-state and Power

**** 2. The State and its Religious Roots

**** 3. Bureaucracy and the Nation-State

**** 4. Nation-State and Homogeneity

**** 5. Nation-State and Society

*** B. Ideological Foundations of the Nation-State

**** 1. Nationalism

**** 2. Positivist Science

**** 3. Sexism

**** 4. Religiousness

*** C. The Kurds and the Nation-State

** III. Democratic Confederalism

*** A. Participation and the Diversity of the Political Landscape

*** B. The Heritage of the Society and the Accumulation of Historical Knowledge

*** C. Ethics and Political Awareness

*** D. Democratic Confederalism and a Democratic Political System

*** E. Democratic Confederalism and Self-Defence

*** F. Democratic Confederalism Versus Strife for Hegemony

*** G. Democratic Confederate Structures at a Global scale

*** H. Conclusion

** IV. Principles of Democratic Confederalism

** V. Problems of the Peoples in the Middle East and Possible Ways to a Solution