The term urbicide became popular during the 1992-95 Bosnian war
as a way of referring to widespread and deliberate destruction of
the urban environment. Coined by writers on urban development in
America, urbicide captures the sense that the widespread and
deliberate destruction of buildings is a distinct form of
violence.
Using Martin Heidegger s notion of space and Jean-Luc Nancy s
idea of community, Martin Coward outlines a theoretical
understanding of the urban condition at stake in such violence. He
contends that buildings are targeted because they make possible a
plural public space that is contrary to the political aims of
ethnic-nationalist regimes. Illustrated with reference to several
post-Cold War conflicts including Bosnia, Chechnya and
Israel/Palestine this book is the first comprehensive analysis of
organised violence against urban environments. It offers an
original perspective to those seeking to better understand
urbanity, political violence and the politics of exclusion.
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