Sufi City : Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba /

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'Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba' is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mourid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ross, Eric, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Symbolism in architecture.
Sufism > Social aspects.
Landscapes > Social aspects.
Landscape architecture.
Islamic cities and towns.
Geography.
City planning.
City and town life.
Islamic cities and towns > Senegal > Case studies.
City planning > Senegal > Case studies.
City and town life > Senegal > Case studies.
Landscape architecture > Senegal > Touba.
City planning > Senegal > Touba.
City and town life > Senegal > Touba.
Symbolism in architecture > Senegal > Touba.
Landscapes > Social aspects > Senegal > Touba.
Sufism > Social aspects > Senegal > Touba.
Senegal > Touba.
Senegal.
Touba (Senegal) > Geography.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Archetypes: Sufi phenomenology and the semiosis of landscape
  • Urban design: the spatial configuration of a spiritual project
  • Marabout Republics then and now: autonomous Muslim towns in Senegal
  • The Penc: trees and urban design in West Africa.

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