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Being Urban: Community, Conflict and Belonging in the Middle East book cover

1st Edition

Being Urban Community, Conflict and Belonging in the Middle East

Edited By Simon Goldhill Copyright 2020
280 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In Being Urban , Simon Goldhill and his team of outstanding urbanists explore the meaning of the urban condition, with particular reference to the Middle East. As Goldhill explains in his introduction, ‘What is a good city?’, five questions motivate the book: How can a city be systematically planned and yet maintain a possibility of flexibility, change, and the wellbeing of citizens? How... Read more
Acknowledgements, The Contributors, Introduction: What Is a Good City? Simon Goldhill, PART I ENGAGEMENT AND SPACE Chapter 1 The Public Realm Richard Sennett, Chapter 2 On Urban Failure Ash Amin, Chapter 3 On the Possibility of Urban Citizenship: Inclusive Identitities, Exclusive Spaces Nezar AlSayyad and Sujin Eom, PART II INFRASTRUCTURE AND AFFECT Chapter 4 Urban Atmospheres Matthew Gandy, Chapter 5 Atmospheric Urban Geopolitics Sara Fregonese, Chapter 6 Becoming a Crowd: Multiple Narratives, Identities and Ambiguities: People's Places in the Near East/Levant: Tahrir Square, Cairo, Taksim Square, Istanbul, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv Mike Turner and Yonka Erkan PART III CONFLICT AND STRUCTURE Chapter 7 The Conditions of Urbicide Wendy Pullan, Chapter 8 Sovereignty and the Urban Question: Exploring the Material Foundations for Imagined Communities of Allegiance in Conflict Cities Diane E. Davis, Chapter 9 Precariousness and Protest: Negotiating Urban Refuge in Cairo and Tel Aviv Irit Katz PART IV CURATING THE CITY Chapter 10 The Levantine Age: Cosmopolitanism and Colonialism in the Eastern Mediterranean  Nasser Rabbat Chapter 11 Excavating Urban Imaginaries in Tehran Somaiyeh Falahat, Chapter 12 A Spectral Sumud: Jaffa in Kamal Aljafari's Port of Memory Mezna Qato and Sadia Shirazi, Index

Biography

 Simon Goldhill is Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of King’s College, and Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the British Academy.

"A tour de force, Being Urban is a masterful, comprehensive study of urban space and the development of cities in the Middle East, resulting from a series of seminars at the University of Cambridge. Here, 16 acclaimed urbanists bring their expertise to bear on the question: what is a good city? Although the book offers an overview of some of the major metropolitan areas of the Middle East, its real contribution lies in its wealth of erudition for the appreciation of cultural credentials, not only in the region but also across global space in its entirety. The references alone are worthy of real attention. This is a necessary read for sociologists, architects, and cultural anthropologists who can identify with the high level of thought brought to bear here."

S. R. Silverburg, Professor Emeritus, Catawba College

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