Physical Space and Spatiality in Muslim Societies: Notes on the Social Production of Cities

Rashid, Mahbub

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Mahbub Rashid

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Mahbub Rashid embarks on a fascinating journey through urban space in all of its physical and social aspects, using the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, Lefebvre, and others to explore how consumer capitalism, colonialism, and power disparity consciously shape cities. Using two Muslim cities as case studies, Algiers (Ottoman/French) and Zanzibar (Ottoman/British), Rashid shows how Western perceptions can only view Muslim cities through the lens of colonization—a lens that distorts both physical and social space. Is it possible, he asks, to find a useable urban past in a timeline broken by colonization? He concludes that political economy may be less relevant in premodern cities, that local variation is central to the understanding of power, that cities engage more actively in social reproduction than in production, that the manipulation of space is the exercise of power, that all urban space is a conscious construct and is therefore not inevitable, and that consumer capitalism is taking over everyday life. Ultimately, we reconstruct a present from a fragmented past through local struggles against the homogenizing power of abstract space.

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Introduction
Part I: On Physical Space and Spatiality
- Chapter 1. A Brief Intellectual History of Physical Space
- Chapter 2. Describing Physical Space and Spatiality in Cities
- Chapter 3. Theorizing the Social Production of Physical Space and Spatiality in Cities
- Chapter 4. Approaches to Study the Social Production of Physical Space and Spatiality in Cities
Part II: On Physical Space and Spatiality in Traditional Muslim Societies
- Chapter 5. Physical Space and Spatiality in Traditional Muslim Societies
- Chapter 6. Physical Space and Spatiality in Ottoman Algiers
- Chapter 7. Physical Space and Spatiality in Omani Zanzibar
- Conclusion
Index

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A map showing Africa, Europe, and part of Asia. Algeria and Zanzibar Island are shown large beside the map, with dots locating Algiers and Zanzibar cities.

A world map showing the locations of Algiers in relation to the Mediterranean Sea, and of Zanzibar in relation to the Indian Ocean

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Figure 5.1. (a) A world map showing the locations of Algiers in relation to the Mediterranean Sea, and of Zanzibar in relation to the Indian Ocean. (b) A map of Algeria showing the location of Algiers. (c) A map of Zanzibar Island showing the location of Zanzibar. (Created by the author.)

Old drawing of Algiers with Latin writing at the bottom of the drawing.

Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541

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Figure 6.1. Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541 (or after one of the engravings derived from it). Plate 59, volume II in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg, and Simon Novellanus van den Neuvel. http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/algeria/algiers/maps/braun_hogenberg_II_59_b.jpg (August 3, 2011). (Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.)

Old drawing of the area around Bab Azoun.

Area around Bab Azoun. Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541

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Figure 6.2. Area around Bab Azoun, Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541 (or after one of the engravings derived from it). Plate 59, volume II in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg, and Simon Novellanus van den Neuvel. http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/algeria/algiers/maps/braun_hogenberg_II_59_b.jpg (August 3, 2011). (Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.)

Old drawing of the area around Bab el-Oued.

Area around Bab el-Oued. Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541

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Figure 6.3. Area around Bab el-Oued, Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541 (or after one of the engravings derived from it). Plate 59, volume II in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg, and Simon Novellanus van den Neuvel. http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/algeria/algiers/maps/braun_hogenberg_II_59_b.jpg (August 3, 2011). (Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.)

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