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.
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
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ISBN:9789004305823
9004305823
9789004307056
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-446) and index.
Other form:9789004307056
Standard no.:9789004305823
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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.
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