Title:
Multiple modernities in Muslim societies / edited by Modjtaba Sadria
Main Entry:
Sadria, M. (Modjtaba), 1949-
Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Organization)
Aga Khan University. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Publisher:
Aga Khan Award for Architecture,
Publication Date:
[2009]
Publication Place:
Geneva, Switzerland :
ISBN:
9781848851832
1848851839
Subject:
Islam and architecture
Islam and civil society
Modern movement (Architecture)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Contents:
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? / CharlesJencks -- From critique in modernity to critique of 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
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