Place of the Mosque - Genealogies of Space, Knowledge, and Power

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.

Sommario

Chapter One: On the Genealogy of Place
Chapter Two: Resemblances and Similitudes
Chapter Three: Architecture and Ontology
Chapter Four: Place, Biopolitics, and Legal Discourses

Info autore

Akel Isma'il Kahera is professor of architecture and sustainable urbanism at Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Akel Ismail Kahera, Akel Isma'il Kahera, Akel Isma''il Kahera, Kahera Akel Ismail
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781793646873
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-687-3
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space; TOPOSOPHIA THINKING PLACEMAKIN
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Religious buildings, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Architecture: religious buildings, Structuralism & Post-structuralism