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

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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Published: 2021
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
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  • 978-0-472-12881-5 (ebook)
  • 978-0-472-13250-8 (hardcover)
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  • Philosophy
  • Political Science:Political History
  • African Studies
  • Political Science:Political Theory

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Renderings showing the distribution of choice values in the axial and segment maps of Omani Zanzibar.

The axial and segment maps of Omani Zanzibar, colored using the choice value of each line

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Figure 7.14. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Omani Zanzibar, colored using the choice value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values and blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest choice values appear to follow the main streets of the city. (Created by the author.)

Renderings showing the distribution of integration values in the axial and segment maps of Omani Zanzibar.

The axial and segment maps of Omani Zanzibar, colored using the integration value of each line

From Chapter 7

Figure 7.15. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Omani Zanzibar, colored using the integration value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest integration values appear to be located in the main commercial areas of the city. (Created by the author.)

Renderings showing the distribution of choice values in the axial and segment maps of Zanzibar Town in 1922.

The axial and segment maps of Zanzibar Town in 1922, colored using the choice value of each line

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Figure 7.27. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Zanzibar Town in 1922, colored using the choice value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest choice values now include the newly built Creek Road on the eastern edge of the Town. (Created by the author.)

Renderings showing the distribution of integration values in the axial and segment maps of Zanzibar Town in 1922.

The axial and segment maps of Zanzibar Town in 1922, colored using the integration value of each line

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Figure 7.28. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Zanzibar Town in 1922, colored using the integration value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest integration values now include the newly built Creek Road on the eastern edge of the town. (Created by the author.)

Renderings showing the distribution of choice values in the axial and segment maps of Zanzibar and Ng’ambo.

The axial and segment maps of Zanzibar and Ng’ambo, colored using the choice value of each line

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Figure 7.29. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Zanzibar and Ng’ambo, colored using the choice value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest choice values appear to have shifted to the areas connecting Zanzibar and Ng’ambo. (Created by the author.)

Renderings showing the distribution of integration values in the axial and segment maps of Zanzibar and Ng’ambo.

The axial and segment maps of Zanzibar and Ng’ambo, colored using the integration value of each line

From Chapter 7

Figure 7.30. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Zanzibar and Ng’ambo, colored using the integration value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest integration values appear to have shifted to the areas connecting Zanzibar and Ng’ambo. (Created by the author.)

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