Imagining Antiquity in Islamic Societies

Imagining Antiquity in Islamic SocietiesLong 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 material legacies of ancient and pre Islamic societies. 118 b w illus. Free sample: Introduction Imagining Localities of Antiquity in Islamic Societies

the book offers a comprehensive exploration and varying perspectives on theory

By questioning what 'Britishness' meant in relation to the small-scale work of these practitioners

This volume is a collaborative work of ficto-critical ecopolitics written by two Australian scholar-poets based in the Western Australian Wheatlands (John Kinsella) and Germany’s south-western Württemberg (Russell West-Pavlov)

not necessarily because we need them

and new institutions such as film societies

Looking beyond traditional typography

It includes insightful essays by a group of international contributors and interviews with important practitioners

refuses the linear narratives of art discourse and instead pays homage to the intensities of each mode of Athey’s performative practice and each community he engages

some space is intentionally provided for practice and annotation

Rosane Araujo confronts the challenge of rethinking urbanism in a way that corresponds to the risk and uncertainty – but also to the possibilities – of today’s cities

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and evaluation were included in Volume II