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AN AESTHETIC OCCUPATION The Immediacy of Architecture and the Palestine Conflict DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Durham and London 2002 AN AESTHETIC OCCUPATION Daniel Bertrand Monk ©2002 DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper (cid:2)(cid:2) Designed by Amy Ruth Buchanan Typeset in Quadraat by G&S Typesetters, Inc. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in- Publication Data appear on the last printed page ofthis book. Le Yael. Ki ge’ulati hi. IMMEDIACY:THE QUALITY OR CONDITION OF BEING IMMEDIATE; FREEDOM FROM INTERMEDIATE OR INTERVENING AGENCY; DIRECT RELATION OR CONNECTION; DIRECTNESS Abbreviations ix CONTENTS Glossary xi Note on Transliteration xiii Preface xv Introduction: The Foundation Stone ofOur National Existence, without Exaggeration 1 PART I STONE 1 A Hieroglyph Designed by God 17 PART II TILE 2 An Unmistakable Sign 33 3 You are Blind to the Meaning ofthe Dome ofthe Rock 45 4 Cataclysm and Pogrom: An Exergue on the Naming of Violence 73 PART III PAPER 5 Sir Alfred Mond’s After-Dinner Eloquence 83 6 Designs on Our Holy Places 99 PART IV CELLULOID Conclusion: A Terrible Caricature 129 Notes 133 Bibliography 197 Index 229
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