UID:
almafu_9958353393502883
Format:
1 online resource (506p.)
ISBN:
9781614514589
Series Statement:
Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; 11
Content:
Stereotypes of the oriental city before and after their rediscovery. Oriental versus Western city. The improvements in digging techniques and in graphic visualization. From evolutionism to neo-evolutionism. From colonialism to decolonization. Neo-marxist and neo-capitalist theories. City, village, and countryside. Temple-cities, palatine cities, and the communal sector. The totalitarian models and their crisis. The advent of new geography and new archaeology, the reconstruction of paleo-environment. The advent of system theory, and the explanation for collapse. Post-modernist de-structuration of the ancient oriental city. The end of a cycle: political instability in the Near East, declining resources in the West, recourse to computer graphics and remote sensing, in order to get a "virtual" reconstruction of ancient cities.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Preface To The Italian Edition --
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Contents --
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List of Figures --
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Abbreviations --
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1. Rediscovery and perplexity --
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2. Acceptance and modification --
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3. The season of theoretical models --
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4. The new models in practice --
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5. Modernity: new approaches and new settings --
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6. Post-modernity: computerization and deconstruction --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-1-61451-602-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781614514589
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614514589
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