Architecture, power and religion in Lebanon : Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut /
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| Author / Creator: | Vloeberghs, Ward, author. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | xii, 463 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; volume 114 Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 114. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10739374 |
| Summary: | In Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon , Ward Vloeberghs explores Rafiq Hariri's patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary Beirut. By tracing the 150 year-long history of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque - Lebanon's principal Sunni mosque - and the subsequent development of the site as a commemoration venue, this account offers a unique illustration of how architecture, religion and power become discursively and visually entangled. Set in a multi-confessional society marked by social inequalities and political fragmentation, this interdisciplinary study analyses how architectural practice and urban reconfigurations reveal a nascent personality cult, communal mourning, and the consolidation of political territory in relation to constantly shifting circumstances. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 463 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-446) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004305823 9004305823 9789004307056 |