Description
Book SynopsisThe Struggle for Jerusalemâs Holy Places investigates the role of architecture and urban identity in relation to the political economy of the city and its wider state context seen through the lens of the holy places.
Reflecting the broad disciplinary backgrounds of the authors, this book provides perspectives from architecture, urbanism, and politics, and provides in-depth investigations of historical, ethnographic and policy-related case studies. The research is substantiated by fieldwork carried out in Jerusalem over the past ten years as part of the ESRC Large Grants project âConflict in Citiesâ. By analysing new dynamics of radicalisation through land seizure, the politicisation of parklands and tourism, the strategic manipulation of archaeological and historical narratives and material culture, and through examination of general appropriation of Jerusalemâs varied rituals, memories and symbolism for factional uses, the book reveals how possibilities of co- existence are
Trade Review
"This book is an interdisciplinary, rich and important study...it opens up some new
directions of understanding urban conflicts nowadays."
Haim Yacobi
CITY, 2015, VOL. 19, NO. 4, 579–584
Table of ContentsIntroduction 2. Sacred Space in Modern Times: Jerusalem's Paradoxes 3. Jerusalem’s Holy Basin: From History to Settlement 4. David’s City in Palestinian Silwan: Towards the Tipping Point 5. The Rise of Political Islam 6. UNESCO and the Limits of International Agency 7. Holy Places and the Living City 8. Conclusion: Remaking Jerusalem
