Urbicide in Syria
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Urbicide in Syria

A postcolonial understanding of civil war

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eBook - ePub

Urbicide in Syria

A postcolonial understanding of civil war

About this book

This book provides an exhaustive analysis of the relationship between violence, urban space, and political subjectivity in Syria. It does so through an exploration of how urbicide, the violent destruction and alteration of the urban fabric, becomes a tool for the regime's governmental and sovereign exercise of power, decisively redefining state-society dynamics and cementing political loyalty in Syria. Adopting a critical and postcolonial perspective, and through the cases of Damascus and Aleppo, the volume presents a unique perspective on the civil war by examining socio-material changes in everyday political spaces and processes, from mundane destruction to urban development and reconstruction efforts, and how these are experienced by local communities. Featuring rich data collection through interviews, archival research, and aesthetic sources, the book ultimately foregrounds Syrians' political agency and creativity despite ruination.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Editor
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of figures
  9. Foreword
  10. Preface
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. List of abbreviations
  13. Introduction
  14. 1 Conceptualising urbicide in the Middle East: a postcolonial approach
  15. 2 Shaping modern subjects: Syria under the French Mandate
  16. 3 Assad and the politics of space
  17. 4 Mapping an alternative Syria: space and the politics of the Syrian uprising
  18. 5 Whoever holds Damascus holds Syria
  19. 6 Searching for a place on a map of Aleppo
  20. Conclusion
  21. Selected bibliography
  22. Index