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Book review: War and the City: Urban Geopolitics in Lebanon

Book review: War and the City: Urban Geopolitics in Lebanon 2604 Urban Studies 59(12) the book draws not only from academic of the conflict that – according to Fregonese studies and reports but from many newspa- – were suppressed by the truth-asserting per articles and blog posts. descriptions of Western foreign ministries. Chapter one then develops the role of cities in security politics and analysis. The idea of ORCID iD ‘national security’ eclipsed much of their vis- Paulo Anciaes https://orcid.org/0000-0002- ibility in the past, Fregonese maintains, with 8335-7384 the exception of colonial warfare, where cit- ies featured as sites of resistance that ought References to be pacified. Urbicidal practices contribute to its resurgence in security thinking today, Gorz A (1973) The social ideology of the motor- however. Cities became locales for founda- car. Le Sauvage, September–October. tional cultural struggles, as the norms Illich I (1974) Energy and Equity. London: Calder and Boyers. they supposedly express – cosmopolitanism, NACTO and GDCI (2016) Global Street Design progress etc. – are now fiercely contested. Guide. Washington, DC: Island Press. After the conceptual discussions, chapters two and three investigate empirically how Sara Fregonese, War and the City: Urban such violent politics came about in Lebanon. Geopolitics in Lebanon, London: I. B. Tauris, 2019; http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies SAGE

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© Urban Studies Journal Limited 2022
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2604 Urban Studies 59(12) the book draws not only from academic of the conflict that – according to Fregonese studies and reports but from many newspa- – were suppressed by the truth-asserting per articles and blog posts. descriptions of Western foreign ministries. Chapter one then develops the role of cities in security politics and analysis. The idea of ORCID iD ‘national security’ eclipsed much of their vis- Paulo Anciaes https://orcid.org/0000-0002- ibility in the past, Fregonese maintains, with 8335-7384 the exception of colonial warfare, where cit- ies featured as sites of resistance that ought References to be pacified. Urbicidal practices contribute to its resurgence in security thinking today, Gorz A (1973) The social ideology of the motor- however. Cities became locales for founda- car. Le Sauvage, September–October. tional cultural struggles, as the norms Illich I (1974) Energy and Equity. London: Calder and Boyers. they supposedly express – cosmopolitanism, NACTO and GDCI (2016) Global Street Design progress etc. – are now fiercely contested. Guide. Washington, DC: Island Press. After the conceptual discussions, chapters two and three investigate empirically how Sara Fregonese, War and the City: Urban such violent politics came about in Lebanon. Geopolitics in Lebanon, London: I. B. Tauris, 2019;

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Published: Sep 1, 2022

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