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The place of the Mosque : genealogies of space, knowledge, and power / Akel Ismail Kahera.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kahera, Akel Ismail, 1951-
- Series:
- Toposophia.
- Toposophia: thinking place/making space
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mosques.
- Islamic architecture.
- Architecture--Psychological aspects.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- On the Genealogy of Place
- Resemblances and Similitudes
- Architecture and Ontology
- Place, Biopolitics, and Legal Discourses
- Postscript
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-3245-7
- 1-7936-4688-0
- OCLC:
- 1337403588
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