ISBN:
9780415505369
,
9780415505352
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 214 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
25 cm
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Rak, Joanna, 1990 - [Rezension von: The struggle for Jerusalem's holy places] 2019
DDC:
720.1/0309569442
Keywords:
Architecture and society
;
Architecture Political aspects
;
Sacred space Political aspects
;
Social conflict
;
Jerusalem Buildings, structures, etc
;
Sacred space
;
Political aspects
;
Jerusalem
;
Arab-Israeli conflict
;
Religious aspects
;
Jerusalem
;
History
;
Jerusalem
;
Politics and government
;
Jerusalem
;
Nahostkonflikt
;
Religiöser Konflikt
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Geschichte
;
Jerusalem
;
Heiligtum
;
Stadtentwicklung
Abstract:
"The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places investigates the role of architecture and urban identity in relation to the political economy of the city and its wider state context seen through the lens of the holy places. Reflecting the broad disciplinary backgrounds of the authors, this book provides perspectives from architecture, urbanism, and politics, and provides in-depth investigations of historical, ethnographic and policy-related case studies. The research is substantiated by fieldwork carried out in Jerusalem over the past ten years as part of the ESRC Large Grants project 'Conflict in Cities'. By analysing new dynamics of radicalisation through land seizure, the politicisation of parklands and tourism, the strategic manipulation of archaeological and historical narratives and material culture, and through examination of general appropriation of Jerusalem's varied rituals, memories and symbolism for factional uses, the book reveals how possibilities of co- existence are seriously threatened in Jerusalem. Shedding new light on the key role played by everyday urban life and its spatial settings for any future political agreements about the city and its religious sites, this book is a useful reference work for students and scholars of Middle East Studies, Architecture, Religion and Urban Studies"--
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