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OverviewA history of Islamic interest in the material past of the ancient world. The tragic destruction of cultural heritage performed by ISIS in Syria and Iraq is often superficially explained as an attempt to stamp out idolatry or as a fundamentalist desire to revive and enforce a return to a purified monotheism. Analyses like these posit that there is an ""Islamic"" manner of imagining the past and that the iconoclastic actions of terrorist organizations are one, albeit extreme, manifestation of an assumedly pervasive and historically ongoing Islamic antipathy toward images and pre-contemporary holy localities. However, this is not the full picture. This book explores the diverse ways Muslims have engaged with the material legacies of ancient and pre-Islamic societies, as well as how Islam’s heritage has been framed and experienced over time. Long before the emergence of ISIS and other so-called Islamist iconoclasts, Muslims imagined Islamic and pre-Islamic antiquity and its localities in myriad ways: as sites of memory, spaces of healing, or places imbued with didactic, historical, and moral power. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephennie Mulder (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)Publisher: Intellect Imprint: Intellect Books Edition: New edition ISBN: 9781789385489ISBN 10: 1789385482 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 22 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Imagining Localities of Antiquity in Islamic Societies – Stephennie Mulder PART 1: Imagining Antiquity in Medieval Islam 1. ‘Return to Origin Is Non-existence’: Al-Mada’in and Perceptions of Ruins in Abbasid Iraq – Sarah Cresap Johnson 2. Medieval Reports of the Preservation and Looting of Pre-Islamic Burials in South Arabia – Daniel Mahoney 3. The Wisdom to Wonder: Ajā’ib and the Pillars of Islamic India – Santhi Kavuri-Bauer PART 2: Imagining Antiquity in Ottoman Lands 4. Explosions and Expulsions in Ottoman Athens: A Heritage Perspective on the Temple of Olympian Zeus – Elizabeth Cohen 5. Spoils for the New Pyrrhus: Alternative Claims to Antiquity in Ottoman Greece – Emily Neumeier 6. Claiming the Classical Past: Ottoman Archaeology at Lagina – Amanda Herring PART 3: Imagining Antiquity in Modernity 7. Destruction as Layered Event: Twentieth Century Ruins in the Great Mosque of Gaza – Eli Osheroff and Dotan Halevy 8. In Situ: The Contraindications of World Heritage – Wendy M. K. Shaw PART 4: Imagining Antiquity in the Contemporary World 9. The Masjid al-Haram: Balancing Tradition and Renewal at the Heart of Islam – Muhsin Lutfi Martens 10. ISIS’s Destruction of Mosul’s Historical Monuments: Between Media Spectacle and Religious Doctrine – Miroslav Melčák and Ondřej Beránek 11. The Radicalization of Heritage in Tunisia – Virginie Rey 12. Heritage Crusades: Saving the Past from the Commons – Ian B. Straughn Notes on Contributors IndexReviews'Imagining Antiquity in Islamic Societies makes for an interesting probe into the often complicated relationship between Islam’s nascent sense of self and its precursors as well as contemporary societies and cultures. Framed around the themes of faḍā’il (virtues) and ʿajā’ib (wonders), the authors explore Islamic responses to antiquity: its physical ruins, the incorporation of spolia into its new occupier’s architecture, the thorny issue of heritage from a historic perspective and bringing it up to the present and covering Abbasid Iraq, Yemen, Islamic India, Ottoman Greece, Palestine and Tunisia.' -- Cleo Cantone, The Muslim World Book Review Author InformationStephennie Mulder is associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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