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Islamic City through the Eyes of the West: from Orientalism to Multidisciplinarity
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Islamic City through the Eyes of the West: from Orientalism to Multidisciplinarity
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S207987840007639-1-1
DOI
10.18254/S207987840007639-1
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Article
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Authors
Artyom Kosmarski 
Affiliation:
IInstitute of Oriental Studies RAS
State Academic University for the Humanities
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Natalya Kosmarskaya
Affiliation: Institute of Oriental Studies RAS
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Edition
Volume 10 Issue 12 (86)
Abstract

The focus of this paper is the rise and fall of a peculiar concept of “Islamic city”, a prominent tool for the analysis of Asian urban life in the early 20th century. The author traces colonial origins of this concept, its link to the orientalist portrayal of Middle Eastern cities as dirty, chaotic and decayed. Since the 1970s this concept has increasingly come under fire, and supplanted by a new body of research by historians, sociologists and anthropologists. The first avenue of criticism concerns the movement from fixed “sights” (mosques, etc) towards important structural features. Finally, 2000s witnessed the revival of the studies of the urban life in the Middle East. “Islam” is no longer treated as a static and universal force that shapes urban development, but rather as a contested space of practices and meanings.

Keywords
urbanism, orientalism, multidisciplinarity, East, East city
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27.05.2019
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15.01.2020
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