| Description |
1 online resource (x, 134 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published as Gerusalemme senza Dio in 2013. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
There is no escaping the Jerusalem of the religious imagination. Not once but three times holy, its overwhelming spiritual significance looms large over the city's complex urban landscape and the diurnal rhythms and struggles that make up its earthbound existence. Nonetheless, writes Paola Caridi, in this intimate and hard-hitting portrayal of the city, it is possible to close one's eyes and, "like the blind listening to sounds," discern the conflict and plurality of belonging that mark out the city's secular character. Jerusalem without God leads the reader through the streets, malls, suburbs, traffic jams, and squares of Jerusalem's present moment, into the daily lives of the men and women who inhabit it. Caridi brings contemporary Jerusalem alive by describing it as a place of sights and senses, sounds and smells, but she also shows us a city riven by the harsh asymmetry of power and control embodied in its lines, limits, walls, and borders. She explores a cruel city, where Israeli and Palestinian civilians sometimes spend hours in the same supermarkets, only to return to the confines of their respective districts, invisible to each other; a city memorable for its ancient stones and shimmering sunsets but dotted with Israeli checkpoints, "postmodern drawbridges," that control the movement of people, ideas, and potential attackers. Describing Jerusalem through the lenses of urban planners and politicians, anthropologists and archaeologists, advertisers and scholars, Jerusalem with God reveals a city that is as diverse as it is complex and, ultimately, argues its author, one whose destiny cannot be tied to any single religious faith, tradition, or political ideology. -- Back cover |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; Notes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jerusalem -- Description and travel.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays. |
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Travel. |
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Middle East -- Jerusalem. |
| Added Title |
Gerusalemme senza Dio. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caridi, P. (Paola). Gerusalemme senza Dio. English. Jerusalem without God. Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2017 9781617977992 (DLC) 2017385589 (OCoLC)960833624 |
| ISBN |
9781617977992 (electronic book) |
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1617977993 (electronic book) |
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1617978000 |
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9781617978005 |
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9789774168185 |
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9774168186 |
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