The Fundamentalist City?: Religiosity and the Remaking of Urban Space

by Nezar AlSayyad

Book Overview

The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It attempts to establish a relationship between two important phenomena: the historic transition of the majority of the world's population from a rural to an urban existence; and the robust resurgence of religion as a major force in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415779367
• ISBN13: 9780415779364
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"