The place of the mosque : genealogies of space, knowledge, and power / Akel Isma'il Kahera
- Author
- Kahera, Akel Ismail, 1951-
- Published
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Physical Description
- xviii, 225 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Introduction: The Place of the Mosque -- 1. On the Genealogy of Place -- 2. Resemblances and Similitudes -- 3. Architecture and Ontology -- 4. Place, Biopolitics, and Legal Discourses -- Postscript -- Appendix: Further Reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
- Summary
- "The Place of the Mosque probes a host of discursive formations-spaces of public assembly and social interaction, quotidian practices, disputed sites, and biopolitics-while critiquing their peculiar anomalies. It goes beyond architectural criticism to emphasize the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of place and space"--
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781793646873 hardcover
1793646872 hardcover
9781793646880 electronic book - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Endowment Note
- Edward J. and Eleanor Black Nichols Library Endowment Fund
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