Description
Book SynopsisThe first architectural history of post-1967 Jerusalem, revealing the ways architectural modernism and Zionism have intertwined to imagine and reshape the city
Trade Review"A rigorous and insightful analysis of the historical, intellectual, and aesthetic encounters and intersections between the two modernisms-in-transition: architectural modernism and national modernism."—Uri Ram, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
"With Seizing Jerusalem, Alona Nitzan-Shiftan has succeeded in establishing a breathtaking chronicle of the use made by plans, designs, and buildings to implement an agenda of hegemony. This book contributes masterfully to the renewed discussion about the political uses of architecture in the contemporary period."—Jean-Louis Cohen, New York University
"Among the best of the many books released to mark the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s unification."—Moment Magazine
"Alona Nitzan-Shiftan’s Seizing Jerusalem: The Architectures of Unilateral Unification is without a doubt a masterpiece. This brilliantly written book is among the most interesting, insightful, beautifully written, and important books about Jerusalem. Taking readers on a detailed voyage across the urban landscape, the book offers substantial new insights, intelligent analysis, and original interpretations on the making of modern Jerusalem during its most transformative period—the first years following the Six Day War, also known as the 1967 war." —Journal of Planning Education and Research
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction
1. Encounters: Modern Architecture and Israeli Nationalism
2. Profession: East Jerusalem and the Emergence of the Sabra Architects
3. State: Facts on the Ground
4. City: Urban Beautification
5. Frontier: A Holy Testing Ground for a Discipline in Crisis
6. Project: The Western Wall Plaza
Conclusion
Notes
Index
