"Drawing on a wide range of secondary and primary sources in Arabic, the author presents a detailed account of Egypt's `ulama'. Contrary to the standard scholarly view, which presents the `ulama' as quietly succumbing to the forces of modernization, the author demonstroles that …
"Constructing Community presents a compelling argument about the nature and prospects of urban communities. First, Brian Elliott provides a general account of the self-organization of dissenting, or resisting, localized communities. His approach combines key aspects of 'dialogic…
In this account of Paris's public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation, the author argues that contrary to widely held belief, the streets overflowed with life. Festivals, street dances, funfairs, violent protests and political marches signalled the realities of postwar…
By focusing on the interplay between material, social and narrative dimensions of the city, this book examines urban complexity, namely the dynamic and entangled nature of urban issues, and puts forward a notion of the city as an urban texture. Taking an innovative interdiscipli…
To remain unconsumed by consumer society -- this was the goal, pursued through a world of subtle and practical means, that beckoned throughout the first volume of The Practice of Everyday Life. The second volume of the work delves even deeper than did the first into the subtle t…
The purpose of this book is to develop a framework capable of dealing with an almost neglected area of social reality, behavior in public and semipublic places. [The author] feels that the distinct features of face-to-face interaction, richness of information flow, and facilitat…
Ist frei zugängliche Kunst im öffentlichen Stadtraum demokratischer als Kunst im Museum? Petra Hornig hinterfragt, inwieweit die in der allgemeinen Öffentlichkeit weit verbreitete Vorstellung von einer demokratischen Kunst im öffentlichen Raum und dem elitären Kunstmuseum begrün…
Little-known, and hidden between skyscrapers and wide avenues, some 650 community gardens dot the city of New York. Set within one of the densest and most expensive real estate markets, these gardens are visited by some the least advantaged residents of the city. Urban residents…