A civilian occupation : the politics of Israeli architecture / edited by Rafi Segal, Eyal Weizman ; designed by David Tartakover ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Segal, Rafi.

Weizman, Eyal.

Tartakover, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and state--Israel--History--20th century.

Architecture and state.

Architecture--Political aspects--Israel.

Architecture.

Architecture--Political aspects.

History.

Israel.

Physical Description:

191 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Tel Aviv, Israel : Babel London ; New York : VERSO, [2003]

Summary:

Bringing together essays and photographs by leading Israel practitioners, and complemented by maps, plans and statistical data, A Civilian Occupation explores the processes and ropercussions of Israeli planning and its underlying ideology. It demonstrates how, over the last century, planning and architecture have been transformed from everyday professional practices into strategic weapons in the service of the state, which has sought to secure national and geopolitical objectives through the organization of space and in the redistribution of its population. In fact, as the book shows, Israeli architecture has consistently provided the concrete means for the pursuit of the Zionist project of building a national home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. As such, it is the first study to supplement the more familiar political, military and historical analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict with a detailed description of the physical environments in which it is played out.

Contents:

Settlements and Borders / Ilan Potash 28

Settlements as Reflex Action / Oren Yiftachel 32

Wall and Tower / Sharon Rotbard 39

The Plan / Zvi Efrat 59

The Mountain / Rafi Segal, Eyal Weizman 79

The Battle for the Hilltops / Rafi Segal, Eyal Weizman 100

Map of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank, Settlement Data / B'Tselem Weizman, Eyal Weizman 108

Plans of Settlements in the West Bank 120

To Start a City from Scratch / Eran Tamir-Tawil 151

Area K / Nadav Harel 162

The Lowest Points in Israel / Gideon Levy 167

Bulldozer in Bethlehem 174

In the Light of the Morning After / Meron Benvenisti 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1859845495

OCLC:

52334881