Multiple modernities in Muslim societies / edited by Modjtaba Sadria.

Title & Author:

Multiple modernities in Muslim societies / edited by Modjtaba Sadria.

Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : Aga Khan Award for Architecture, [2009]

Description:

156 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Papers from "the workshop on the topic of Tangible Elements of Multiple Modernities, held at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in London in May 2007."
Some bibliographical references in multiple languages.
Includes bibliographical references.
Modernities : Re-posing the issues / Modjtaba Sadria -- From civilisations to multiple modernities : the issue of the public sphere / Armando Salvatore -- Iranian Islamic modernities / Masoud Kamali -- Why critical modernism? / Charles Jencks -- From critique in modernity to critique of modernity / Modjtaba Sadria -- Counter space of Islamic modernity / Homa Farjadi -- A destructive vacuum : the marginalisation of local knowledge and reassertion of local identities / Farid Panjwani -- Modernity : keep out of reach of children / Fatemeh Hosseini-Shakib -- Multiple modernities : a theoretical frame / Masoud Kamali -- Some reflections on "Tangible elements of multiple modernities" / Daniz Kandiyoti -- Multiple modernities in contemporary architecture / Jeremy Melvin -- Entangled modernity : multiple architectural expressions of global phenomena : the Late Ottoman example / Stefan Weber.

Resources:
Table of contents
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ISBN:

9781848851832 (pbk.)
1848851839 (pbk.)

Subject:

Islam and architecture.
Islam and civil society.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Islam et architecture.
Islam et société civile.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture)
Architektur
Islam
Moderne
Modernisierung
Islamische Staaten

Form/genre:

Kongress London 2007.
Konferenzschrift 2007 London.

Added entries:

Sadria, M. (Modjtaba), 1949- editor.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Organization)
Aga Khan University. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319433
Call No.: 319433
Copy: 1
Status: External loan

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