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基本説明
This book offers a timely re-assessment of the dramatic changes that have taken place in religious sites that form focal points within the wider urban structure of the city. It adopts a multi-disciplinary and contextual approach developed as part of the research project, 'Conflict in Cities and the Contested State' (2007–12) directed by Wendy Pullan and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council's Large Grant programme.
Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction 2. Sacred Space in Modern Times: Jerusalem's Paradoxes 3. Jerusalem's Holy Basin: From History to Settlement 4. David's City in Palestinian Silwan: Towards the Tipping Point 5. The Rise of Political Islam 6. UNESCO and the Limits of International Agency 7. Holy Places and the Living City 8. Conclusion: Remaking Jerusalem