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Islamic architecture in Iran [electronic resource] : poststructural theory and the architectural history of Iranian Mosques / Saeid Khaghani

Author
Khaghani, Saeid
Published
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description
x, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents
Introduction -- Islam as an Attribution -- Iranism -- The Mosque as Public Space -- Difference and the Iranian Architectural Discourse -- Difference and Particularity -- Conclusion.
Summary
"The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between "tradition" and "modernity" - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture. Khaghani introduces and reconsiders the mosques of eighth- to fifteenth-century Iran in terms of poststructural theory and developments in historiography in order to develop a brand new dialectical framework. Using the examples of mosques such as the Friday Mosques in Isfahan and Yazd as well as the Imam mosque in Isfahan, Khaghani presents a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture, making this valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art, architecture, and material culture of the Islamic world."--Publisher.
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9781848857292 (hbk.)
1848857292 (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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