1st Edition
New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism Negotiating Nation and Islam through Built Environment in Turkey
By Bülent Batuman
Copyright 2018
228 Pages
62 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
62 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
62 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism claims that, in today’s world, a research agenda concerning the relation between Islam and space has to consider the role of Islamism rather than Islam in shaping – and in return being shaped by – the built environment. The book tackles this task through an analysis of the ongoing transformation of Turkey under the rule of the pro-Islamic Justice and... Read more
Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Politics of Mosque Building: Negotiating Islam and Nation. 3. Housing Subjects of New Islamism. 4. From the Urban Revolution of New Islamism to the Revolution of the Urban: Public Space and Architectures of Resistance. 5. Building (the) National: The Public Architecture of Millet. Epilogue. Glossary. Index.
Biography
Bülent Batuman is Associate Professor of Architecture in the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at Bilkent University in Ankara. His work focuses on the politics of the built environment.
