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Imagining Antiquity in Islamic societies /
Long before the Taliban, ISIS and other iconoclasts, Muslims imagined localities of antiquity as places imbued with didactic, historical and moral power. In thirteen articles by leading scholars covering the eighth century to the present, this book explores diverse ways Muslims have valued the mater...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Intellect Books,
2022.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Critical studies in architecture of the Middle East.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Imagining Antiquity in Islamic Societies
- Copyright Page
- Table of contents
- Introduction: Imagining Localities of Antiquity in Islamic
- Imagining Antiquity at Palmyra
- Heritage Values: Cosmopolitan or Local?
- Antiquity and the Islamic Imaginary
- Talismanic or Apotropaic Veneration and Reuse
- Sacred Histories
- Modern and Contemporary Heritage Discourses
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Part 1 Imagining Antiquity in Medieval Islam
- 1 'Return to Origin Is Non-existence': Al-Mada'in and Perceptions of Ruins in Abbasid Iraq
- Changing Geographies
- The Abbasid Texts
- History
- Geographies and Founded Cities
- Spolia and the Ruin
- Royal Power and the Ruin
- Poetry
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 2 Medieval Reports of the Preservation and Looting of Pre-Islamic Burials in South Arabia
- Reports of Preservation
- Reports of Looting
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 3 The Wisdom to Wonder: 'Aja'̄ib and the Pillars of Islamic India
- Whence 'aja'ib?
- The Quwwat al-Islam Mosque and Indian Islamic 'Aja'ib
- The Pillar of Firuz Shah
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Part 2 Imagining Antiquity in Ottoman Lands
- 4 Explosions and Expulsions in Ottoman Athens: A Heritage Perspective on the Temple of Olympian Zeus
- Ottomanization and Islamization in the Ottoman Empire
- The Layering of Ottoman Athens's Complex Heritage
- The Different Views of Ottoman Athens
- The Ottoman Olympieion and Its Multiple Presentations
- Discussion: The Inheritance of Ottoman Athens
- Future Prospects for New Presentations of Complex Heritage
- Notes
- 5 Spoils for the New Pyrrhus: Alternative Claims to Antiquity in Ottoman Greece
- Ali Pasha as Antiquarian
- Excavating Nikopolis and Building Preveza Anew
- The Imitator of Pyrrhus
- Victorious Triumph, From Augustus to Ali Pasha
- Conclusion: Confronting World Heritage
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- 6 Claiming the Classical Past: Ottoman Archaeology at Lagina
- The Rediscovery of Lagina
- Archaeology and Identity in the Ottoman Empire
- Osman Hamdi Bey
- Ottoman Archaeology at Lagina
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part 3 Imagining Antiquity in Modernity
- 7 Destruction as Layered Event: Twentieth Century Ruins in the Great Mosque of Gaza
- British Aestheticization of Ruins in the Aftermath of Destruction
- Comprehending Arab Ruins from the Abandoned Encampment to the Razed Islamic City
- Origins of Destruction
- Contesting Jewish History in the Great Mosque of Gaza
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- 8 In Situ: The Contraindications of World Heritage
- The Contraindications of World Heritage
- Are Ruins Ancient?
- How Old Is World Heritage?
- Who Are the Barbarians?
- Ruins and the Displaced Promise of Eternal Life
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Part 4 Imagining Antiquity in the Contemporary World
- 9 The Masjid al-Haram: Balancing Tradition and Renewal at the Heart of Islam