The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places investigates the role of
architecture and urban identity in relation to the political
economy of the city and its wider state context seen through the
lens of the holy places. Reflecting the broad disciplinary
backgrounds of the authors, this book provides perspectives from
architecture, urbanism, and politics, and provides in-depth
investigations of historical, ethnographic and policy-related case
studies. The research is substantiated by fieldwork carried out in
Jerusalem over the past ten years as part of the ESRC Large Grants
project 'Conflict in Cities'. By analysing new dynamics of
radicalisation through land seizure, the politicisation of
parklands and tourism, the strategic manipulation of archaeological
and historical narratives and material culture, and through
examination of general appropriation of Jerusalem's varied rituals,
memories and symbolism for factional uses, the book reveals how
possibilities of co- existence are seriously threatened in
Jerusalem. Shedding new light on the key role played by everyday
urban life and its spatial settings for any future political
agreements about the city and its religious sites, this book is a
useful reference work for students and scholars of Middle East
Studies, Architecture, Religion and Urban Studies.
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