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OverviewIn Being Urban, Simon Goldhill and his team of outstanding urbanists explore the meaning of the urban condition, with particular reference to the Middle East. As Goldhill explains in his introduction, ‘What is a good city?’, five questions motivate the book: How can a city be systematically planned and yet maintain a possibility of flexibility, change, and the wellbeing of citizens? How does the city represent itself to itself, and image its past, its present and its future? What is it to dwell in, and experience, a city? How does violence erupt in and to a city, and what strategies of reconciliation and reconstruction can be employed? And finally, what is the relationship between the infrastructure of the city and the political process? Following the introduction, the twelve chapters are grouped into four sections: Engagement and Space; Infrastructure and Space; Conflict and Structures; and Curating the City. Through each chapter, the contributors reflect on aspects of urban infrastructure and culture, citizenship, belonging and exclusion, politics and conflict, with examples from across the Middle East, from Cairo to Tehran, Tel Aviv to Istanbul. Not only will Being Urban further understanding of the topography of citizenship in the Middle East and beyond, it will also contribute to answering one of today’s key questions: What Is A Good City? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon GoldhillPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.802kg ISBN: 9780367898465ISBN 10: 0367898462 Pages: 268 Publication Date: 07 September 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, The Contributors, Introduction: What Is a Good City? Simon Goldhill, PART I ENGAGEMENT AND SPACE Chapter 1 The Public Realm Richard Sennett, Chapter 2 On Urban Failure Ash Amin, Chapter 3 On the Possibility of Urban Citizenship: Inclusive Identitities, Exclusive Spaces Nezar AlSayyad and Sujin Eom, PART II INFRASTRUCTURE AND AFFECT Chapter 4 Urban Atmospheres Matthew Gandy, Chapter 5 Atmospheric Urban Geopolitics Sara Fregonese, Chapter 6 Becoming a Crowd: Multiple Narratives, Identities and Ambiguities: People's Places in the Near East/Levant: Tahrir Square, Cairo, Taksim Square, Istanbul, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv Mike Turner and Yonka ErkanPART III CONFLICT AND STRUCTURE Chapter 7 The Conditions of Urbicide Wendy Pullan, Chapter 8 Sovereignty and the Urban Question: Exploring the Material Foundations for Imagined Communities of Allegiance in Conflict Cities Diane E. Davis, Chapter 9 Precariousness and Protest: Negotiating Urban Refuge in Cairo and Tel Aviv Irit KatzPART IV CURATING THE CITY Chapter 10 The Levantine Age: Cosmopolitanism and Colonialism in the Eastern Mediterranean Nasser Rabbat Chapter 11 Excavating Urban Imaginaries in Tehran Somaiyeh Falahat, Chapter 12 A Spectral Sumud: Jaffa in Kamal Aljafari's Port of Memory Mezna Qato and Sadia Shirazi, IndexReviews"""A tour de force, Being Urban is a masterful, comprehensive study of urban space and the development of cities in the Middle East, resulting from a series of seminars at the University of Cambridge. Here, 16 acclaimed urbanists bring their expertise to bear on the question: what is a good city? Although the book offers an overview of some of the major metropolitan areas of the Middle East, its real contribution lies in its wealth of erudition for the appreciation of cultural credentials, not only in the region but also across global space in its entirety. The references alone are worthy of real attention. This is a necessary read for sociologists, architects, and cultural anthropologists who can identify with the high level of thought brought to bear here."" S. R. Silverburg, Professor Emeritus, Catawba College" Author InformationSimon Goldhill is Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of King’s College, and Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the British Academy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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