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The fundamentalist city? Religiosity and the remaking of urban space

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Titre

The fundamentalist city? Religiosity and the remaking of urban space

Sujet

religion, fondamentalisme, fundamentalism, espace urbain, identité, urbanisation, urbanité, géographie urbaine, AlSayyad Nezar, Massoumi Mejgan

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Abstract from the publisher :
 
The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It attempts to establish a relationship between two important phenomena: the historic transition of the majority of the world’s population from a rural to an urban existence; and the robust resurgence of religion as a major force in the shaping of contemporary life in many parts of the world.

Employing a transnational interrogation anchored in specific geographic regions, the contributors to this volume explore the intellectual and practical challenges posed by fundamentalist groups, movements, and organizations. They focus on how certain ultra religious practices of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism have contributed to the remaking of global urban space. Their work suggests that it is a grave oversimplification to view religious orthodoxies or doctrines as the main cause of urban terrorism or violence. Instead they argue that such phenomena should be understood as a particular manifestation of modernity’s struggles.

AlSayyad and Massoumi’s book provides fascinating reading for those interested in religion and the city, with thought provoking pieces from experts in anthropology, geography sociology, religious studies, and urban studies.
 
Contents :
 
Part 1: Fundamentalisms: Between City and Nation
The Fundamentalist City? - Nezar AlSayyad
Why in the City? Explaining Urban Fundamentalism - Inger Furseth
The Civility of Inegalitarian Citizenships - James Holston
Part 2: Fundamentalisms and Urbanism
American National Identity, the Rise of the Modern City, and the Birth of Protestant Fundamentalism - Rhys Williams
Producing and Contesting the "Communalized City": Hindutva Politics and Urban Space in Ahmedabad, India - Renu Desai
On Religiosity and Spatiality: Lessons from Hezbollah in Beirut - Mona Harb
Hamas in Gaza Refugee Camps: The Construction of Trapped Spaces for the Survival of Fundamentalism - Francesca Giovannini
Part 3: Identity, Tradition, and Fundamentalisms
Abraham’s Urban Footsteps: Political Geography and Religious Radicalism in Israel/Palestine - Oren Yiftachel and Batya Roded
Fundamentalism at the Urban Frontier: the Taliban in Peshawar - Mejgan Massoumi
Taking the (Inner) City for God: Ambiguities of Urban Social Engagement among Conservative White Evangelicals - Omri Elisha
Postsecular Urbanisms: Situating Delhi within the Rhetorical Landscape of Hindutva - Mrinalini Rajagopalan
Excluding and Including the "Other" in the Global City: Religious Mission among Muslim and Catholic Migrants in London - John Eade
  Nezar AlSayyad is Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Urban History and Chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mejgan Massoumi is an urban planner and manager at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.  

Créateur

NC

Éditeur

Routledge

Date

July 2010

Format

316

Type

Ouvrage