1st Edition
Cities and Metaphors Beyond Imaginaries of Islamic Urban Space
By Somaiyeh Falahat
Copyright 2018
204 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Introducing a new concept of urban space, Cities and Metaphors encourages a theoretical realignment of how the city is experienced, thought and discussed. In the context of ‘Islamic city’ studies, relying on reasoning and rational thinking has reduced descriptive, vivid features of the urban space into a generic scientific framework. Phenomenological characteristics have consequently been... Read more
Introduction: Diversifying global urban vocabulary 1. The idea of the ‘Islamic City’ 2. City as labyrinth 3. Hezar-tu as an urban concept 4. City as Hezar-tu: Fez, Isfahan and Tunis Epilogue
Biography
Somaiyeh Falahat is a Feodor-Lynen Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and a Research Associate at Trinity Hall College, University of Cambridge, UK.
