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1 online resource (xii, 463 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; volume 114 |
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Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 114.
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| Contents |
Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon: Rafiq Hariri and the Politics of Sacred Space in Beirut; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Architecture, Power and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Approach; Might and Faith in 21st Century Lebanon: Context and Literature; Extant Literature; Aims and Methods of this Book; Scope, Relevance and Structure of this Book; PART 1: A Man of Might and Faith?; 1: Rafiq Hariri as a Lebanese Actor: Lifetime; 1.1 Businessman (1944-1982); From 1944 until 1965: Early Family Life and Youth in Lebanon |
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From 1965 until 1979: Contractor in Saudi ArabiaFrom 1979 until 1982: Rafiq Hariri, a Philanthropic "Entrepreneur"?; 1.2 Politician (1982-1992); From 1982 until 1989: Saida as a Springboard; From 1989 until 1992: Out of the Loom; 1.3 Prime Minister (1992-2004); From 1992 until 1998: Heights and Lows of Harirism; Hariri's Political Economy: Business as Usual; International Means of Support; Domestic Power Structures; From 1998 until 2000: Staging Comeback; From 2000 until 2004: Return to Premiership and Cohabitation; Extension of Lahoud's Presidency; Rafiq Hariri: A Stereotypical "minister"? |
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2: Rafiq Hariri as a Political Actor: Legacy2.1 From Victim to Martyr (2004-2005); 14 February 2005; 30 Days that Shaped a Decade; Moulding a Martyr; Saint George Hotel; 2.2 Dynast (2005-2015); Hariri's Political Legacy: Cement for the 14 March Coalition; Setting up the Family Succession; Saad Hariri and the Burden of Succession; 2.3 Politicising a Legacy (2005-2015); From UNIIIC to STL; Hariri's Legacy and Regional Sunni Victimhood; PART 2: A Building of Might and Faith?; 3: The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: A Political History; 3.1 Ottoman Legacy (1853-1933); 3.2 Ambitious Actors (1933-1948) |
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3.3 National Tensions, International Extensions (1948-1976)National Tensions: 1948-1966; International Extensions: 1966-1976; 3.4 Renewal on the Sunni Scene (1976-1996); 3.5 The Shaykh and the Zaʻīm: Hariri's Breakthrough (1996-2002); Mufti Qabbani; Rafiq Hariri; 3.6 From Inauguration to Commemoration (2002-2015); Triple Inauguration: 2002-2008; First Concrete Poured: 2003; Inauguration of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: 2008; Transformation of an Edifice: From Mosque to Public Mausoleum (2008-2015); 4: The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: An Architectural History; 4.1 Contextual Analysis |
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Beirut Mosques4.2 Formal Analysis; Exterior; Interior; 4.3 Genealogical Analysis; Saleh Lamei; Rasem Badran; Azmi Fakhouri; PART 3: Designing Might and Faith?; 5: The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: Between Sacred Space and Political Territory; 5.1 Critical Analysis; Abdel Wahid El-Wakil; Saad Khaled; Youssef Haidar; Assem Salam; 5.2 Thematic Analysis; The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque as a beacon of neo-Ottomanism; The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque as a Bastion of Sunni Power; The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque as First-Class Architecture for an Elite; Communal Monuments, Monumental Communities |
| Summary |
In Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon , Ward Vloeberghs explores Rafiq Hariri's patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary Beirut. By tracing the 150 year-long history of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque - Lebanon's principal Sunni mosque - and the subsequent development of the site as a commemoration venue, this account offers a unique illustration of how architecture, religion and power become discursively and visually entangled. Set in a multi-confessional society marked by social inequalities and political fragmentation, this interdisciplinary study analyses how architectural practice and urban reconfigurations reveal a nascent personality cult, communal mourning, and the consolidation of political territory in relation to constantly shifting circumstances |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2016) |
| Subject |
Ḥarīrī, Rafīq Bahāʼ, 1944-2005.
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Ḥarīrī, Rafīq Bahāʼ, 1944-2005 fast |
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Jāmiʻ Muḥammad al-Amīn (Beirut, Lebanon)
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Jāmiʻ Muḥammad al-Amīn (Beirut, Lebanon) fast |
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Architecture -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- History
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Islamic architecture -- Lebanon -- Beirut
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Mosques -- Lebanon -- Beirut
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Architecture
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Buildings
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Islamic architecture
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Mosques
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Beirut (Lebanon) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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Lebanon -- Beirut
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004307056 |
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9004307052 |
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