TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vloeberghs,Ward
TI  - Architecture, power and religion in Lebanon: Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut 
T2  - Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia
SN  - 9789004307056
AV  - BP187.65.L4 B4526 2015
U1  - 297.3/556925 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Ḥarīrī, Rafīq Bahāʼ,
KW  - Jāmiʻ Muḥammad al-Amīn (Beirut, Lebanon)
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Lebanon
KW  - Beirut
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Islamic architecture
KW  - Mosques
KW  - Beirut (Lebanon)
KW  - Buildings, structures, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Rafiq Hariri as a Lebanese Actor: Lifetime -- Rafiq Hariri as a Political Actor: Legacy -- The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: A Political History -- The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: An Architectural History -- The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: Between Sacred Space and Political Territory -- The Making and Maintenance of Hariri Political Territory -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Composition of Hariri-led Governments, 1992–2011 -- Appendix 2: Dar al-Fatwa Statement (2004) on the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque with Corresponding Translation -- Appendix 3: Cadastral Excerpt of Parcel 323 (the Port) with Corresponding Translation -- Appendix 4: Decree 8572, as Published in the Official Gazette of 31 August 2002 with Corresponding Translation -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon , Ward Vloeberghs explores Rafiq Hariri’s patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary Beirut. By tracing the 150 year-long history of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque – Lebanon’s principal Sunni mosque – and the subsequent development of the site as a commemoration venue, this account offers a unique illustration of how architecture, religion and power become discursively and visually entangled. Set in a multi-confessional society marked by social inequalities and political fragmentation, this interdisciplinary study analyses how architectural practice and urban reconfigurations reveal a nascent personality cult, communal mourning, and the consolidation of political territory in relation to constantly shifting circumstances
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004307056
ER  -