Main entry:

Vloeberghs, Ward, 1979- author.

Title & Author:

Architecture, power and religion in Lebanon : Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut / by Ward Vloeberghs.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
©2016

Description:

xii, 463 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm.

Series:

Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; volume 114

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-446) and index.
Architecture, Power and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Approach 4 -- Might and Faith in 21st Century Lebanon: Context and Literature 12 -- Extant Literature 15 -- Aims and Methods of this Book 18 -- Scope, Relevance and Structure of this Book 22 -- Part 1 A Man of Might and Faith? -- 1 Rafiq Hariri as a Lebanese Actor: Lifetime 29 -- 1.1 Businessman (1944-1982) 29 -- From 1944 until 1965: Early Family Life and Youth in Lebanon 29 -- From 1963 until 1979: Contractor in Saudi Arabia 32 -- From 1979 until 1982: Rafiq Hariri, a Philanthropic "Entrepreneur"? 35 -- 1.2 Politician (1982-1992) 41 -- From 1982 until 1989: Saida as a Springboard 41 -- From 1989 until 1992: Out of the Loom 50 -- 1.3 Prime Minister (1992-2004) 52 -- From 1992 until 1998: Heights and Lows of Harirism 52 -- Hariri's Political Economy: Business as Usual 55 -- International Means of Support 61 -- Domestic Power Structures 67 -- From 1998 until 2000: Staging Comeback 76 -- From 2000 until 2004: Return to Premiership and Cohabitation 78 -- Extension of Lahoud's Presidency 83 -- Rafiq Hariri: A Stereotypical "minister"? 86 -- 2 Rafiq Hariri as a Political Actor: Legacy 89 -- 2.1 From Victim to Martyr (2004-2005) 89 -- 14 February 2005 90 -- 30 Days that Shaped a Decade 95 -- Moulding a Martyr 104 -- Saint George Hotel 105 -- 2.2 Dynast (2005-2015) 109 -- Hariri's Political Legacy: Cement for the 14 March Coalition 109 -- Setting up the Family Succession 114 -- Saad Hariri and the Burden of Succession 117 -- 2.3 Politicising a Legacy (2005-2015) 120 -- From UNIIIC to STL 120 -- Hariri's Legacy and Regional Sunni Victimhood 125 -- Part 2 A Building of Might and Faith? -- 3 The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: A Political History 131 -- 3.1 Ottoman Legacy (1853-1933) 131 -- 3.2 Ambitious Actors (1933-1948) 136 -- 3.3 National Tensions, International Extensions (1948-1976) 143 -- National Tensions: 1948-1966 143 -- International Extensions: 1966-1976 146 -- 3.4 Renewal on the Sunni Scene (1976-1996) 151 -- 3.5 The Shaykh and the Za'im: Hariri's Breakthrough (igg6-2002) 156 -- Mufti Qabbani 156 -- Rafiq Hariri 162 -- 3.6 From Inauguration to Commemoration (2002-2015) 171 -- Triple Inauguration: 2002-2008 171 -- First Concrete Poured: 2003 174 -- Inauguration of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: 2008 176 -- Transformation of an Edifice: From Mosque to Public -Mausoleum (2008-2015) 185 -- 4 The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: An Architectural History 187 -- 4.1 Contextual Analysis 187 -- Beirut Mosques 189 -- 4.2 Formal Analysis 193 -- Exterior 196 -- Interior 205 -- 4.3 Genealogical Analysis 210 -- SalehLamei 211 -- Rasem Badran 218 -- Azmi Fakhouri 226 -- Part 3 Designing Might and Faith? -- 5 The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque: Between Sacred Space and Political Territory 237 -- 5.1 Critical Analysis 237 -- Abdel Wahid El-Wakil 238 -- Saad Khaled 243 -- Youssef Haidar 249 -- Assem Salam 254 -- 5.2 Thematic Analysis 260 -- The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque as a beacon of neo-Ottomanism 260 -- The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque as a Bastion of Sunni Power 265 -- The Muhammad al-Amin Mosque as First-Class Architecture for an Elite 267 -- Communal Monuments, Monumental Communities 273 -- 5.3 Religious Architecture as Sites of Political Struggle 274 -- Talking Buildings, Visualising Power 276 -- Religious Architecture and Power: Evidence from Lebanon 278 -- Religious Architecture and Power: Beyond Beirut 286 -- 6 The Making and Maintenance of Hariri Political Territory 292 -- Territory & Commemoration 293 -- 6.1 Appropriating a Mausoleum 298 -- The Making of a Mausoleum: Installing Hariri's Tomb 299 -- The Cult of a Mausoleum: Commemorating Hariri at the Tomb 304 -- The Management of a Mausoleum: Arranging and Rearranging Hariri's Tomb 317 -- 6.2 Negotiating Norms and Forms 326 -- Negotiating a Corner: Re-Orienting the Mosque's Main Entrance 327 -- Negotiating Archaeological Heritage: Roman Ruins Under Concrete Threat 335 -- 6.3 Contesting Architectures and Visual Retaliation 340 -- Material Retaliation: Erecting a Campanile 341 -- Spatial Retaliation: The i'tisam (2006-2008) as a Pattern for Protest? 349 -- 6.4 Confirming Commemorations 360 -- Confirmations at the Core of Hariri Political Territory 361 -- Confirmations at the Periphery of Hariri Political Territory 363.

Summary:

In Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon, Ward Vloeberghs explores Rafiq Hariri's patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary Beirut. By tracing the 150 year-long history of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque - Lebanon's principal Sunni mosque - and the subsequent development of the site as a commemoration venue, this account offers a unique illustration of how architecture, religion and power become discursively and visually entangled. Set in a multi-confessional society marked by social inequalities and political fragmentation, this interdisciplinary study analyses how architectural practice and urban reconfigurations reveal a nascent personality cult, communal mourning, and the consolidation of political territory in relation to constantly shifting circumstances. Book jacket.

ISBN:

9789004305823 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9004305823 (hardback ; alk. paper)
(e-book)
9789004307056

Subject:

Ḥarīrī, Rafīq Bahāʼ, 1944-2005.
Hariri, Rafiq Baha, 1944-2005.
Jāmiʻ Muḥammad al-Amīn (Beirut, Lebanon)
Architecture Lebanon Beirut History.
Islamic architecture Lebanon Beirut.
Mosques Lebanon Beirut.
Architecture Liban Beyrouth Histoire.
Architecture islamique Liban Beyrouth.
Architecture
Buildings
Islamic architecture
Mosques
Islam and politics Lebanon Beirut.
Beirut (Lebanon) Buildings, structures, etc.
Lebanon Beirut

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 114.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298650
Call No.: BIB 244778
Status: Available