Cities of God and Nationalism: Mecca, Jerusalem, and Rome as Contested World Cities

Cities of God and Nationalism: Mecca, Jerusalem, and Rome as Contested World Cities
by Khaldoun Samman

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Author: Khaldoun Samman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-30
ISBN: 1594512949
Number of pages: 290
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
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Summary of Cities of God and Nationalism: Mecca, Jerusalem, and Rome as Contested World Cities

Far from spawning an age of tolerance, modernity has created the social basis of division and exclusion. This book elaborates this provocative claim as it explores the rich but divided histories of three cities located at the crossroads of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Many observers presume that violence is built into these sacred cities because their citizens cling to religious or cultural ideals of some archaic age; only when this history is overcome can citizens enter a new age of brotherhood. Samman persuades us to refocus our attention on modernity, which has instilled troubling dilemmas from the outside. He shows how these sacred places long ago entered the modern world where global political and economic forces exacerbate nationalism and regional divisions. If we are to resolve deep conflicts we must reimagine the institutional basis on which modernity, rather than religion, is built.

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