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Informationen zum Autor Saeid Khaghani is Assistant Professor of Architectural History and Theory of Iran at the Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran. He holds a PhD in Art History and Visual Studies from The University of Manchester. His main interests are historiography and historical sociology of Persian art and architecture, and is currently working on an interdisciplinary research project about historical and everyday perception of the space in Iranian society. Klappentext Using the examples of mosques such as the Friday Mosques in Isfahan and Yazd as well as the Imam mosque in Isfahan! Khaghani presents a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture! making this valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art! architecture and material culture of the Islamic world. Vorwort Using the examples of mosques such as the Friday Mosques in Isfahan and Yazd as well as the Imam mosque in Isfahan, Khaghani presents a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture, making this valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art, architecture and material culture of the Islamic world. Zusammenfassung Using the examples of mosques such as the Friday Mosques in Isfahan and Yazd as well as the Imam mosque in Isfahan, Khaghani presents a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture, making this valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art, architecture and material culture of the Islamic world. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Islam as an AttributionChapter 2: IranismChapter 3: The Mosque as Public SpaceChapter 4: Difference and the Iranian Architectural DiscourseChapter 5: Difference and ParticularityConclusion