An aesthetic occupation : the immediacy of architecture and the Palestine conflict
A title that refers to the attributions by the combatants on both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict of political content to the sacred structures in the contested area, and to the ongoing inseparability within the conflict of architectural form and violence.
XXI, 244 p. ; 23 cm
9780822328148, 0822328143
912545368
Abbreviations Glossary Note on Transliteration Preface Introduction: The Foundation Stone of Our National Existence, without Exaggeration Part I. Stone 1. A Hieroglyph Designed by God Part II. Tile 2. An Unmistakable Sign 3. You are Blind to the Meaning of the Dome of the Rock 4. Cataclysm and Pogrom: An Exergue on the Naming of Violence Part III. Paper 5. Sir Alfred Mond’s After-Dinner Eloquence 6. Designs on Our Holy Places Part IV. Celluloid Conclusion: A Terrible Caricature Notes Bibliography Index