Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)

Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has designed and built the entire city. Touba is named for Tûbâ, the "Tree of Paradise" of Islamic tradition. This archetypal tree articulates Islamic conceptions of righteous life on earth, divine judgment, and access to the Hereafter; the city of Touba actualizes this spiritual construct. Important aspects of its configuration, such as the vertical and horizontal alignment of its monumental central shrine complex, its radiating avenues and encircling ring roads, and the actual trees that mark its landscape relate directly to the archetypal tree of Sufi theosophy. The relationship between the spiritual archetype and its earthly actualization as a city is explained by recourse to Sufi methodology. The book employs a semiotic analysis of urban form, cartography, hermeneutics, field investigation and analysis of satellite imagery in order to relate contemporary urban design issues to overarching metaphysical concepts. Sufi City also explores the history of urban networks in Senegal since the emergence of autonomous Muslim towns in the seventeenth century. Finally, the layout of Senegal's modern Sufi cities is related to the monumental palaver trees that marked that country's historic settlements. Eric S. Ross is a cultural and urban geographer who holds a degree in Islamic Studies. Since 1998 he has been assistant professor of Geography at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Apart from research on Sufi orders and Muslim towns in Senegal, he has studied cultural tourism and urban planning in Morocco. 00000___34c4a33b0e4fc23f0dad6e46f5bc0175.pdf......Page 1 00001___78d37ad8de32cbd8819d6fa052a80dbc.pdf......Page 2 00002___ccb118e27f0ff7f04017a5b1b3c163a0.pdf......Page 3 00003___f956088d46d29c1cb2e21ec7426dc55f.pdf......Page 4 00004___2da22ed4c77d7f9e5312086e8c1bb570.pdf......Page 5 00005___ba1b47cc87e4aa68ff49aae56de00e64.pdf......Page 6 00006___80fb0fa75adc3d30cc181d10e81b2615.pdf......Page 7 00007___ef19a396c6fb90a2ef8d82ee838e15fc.pdf......Page 8 00008___3f92d9ae270ffea189ab4d78cb8aeb83.pdf......Page 9 00009___23a7748111664c117713ca5741202099.pdf......Page 10 00010___ad768c88bfae3fe9d2fcef72ccdd8a41.pdf......Page 11 00011___f1bfc8ba0de3eca431e709efdf022385.pdf......Page 12 00012___419e2dd41fb66005f616940f87d8c2e1.pdf......Page 13 00013___d57912af1a0321491ba77c9cc5734ffb.pdf......Page 14 00014___2c35c5d15d5100c3a3460563d1315250.pdf......Page 15 00015___510c13d2f6354d23bec9b66608c5d052.pdf......Page 16 00016___b6b45c73e416267f581d2f6850fe0fe7.pdf......Page 17 00017___09d46757bf398c2b638ec9aaef445663.pdf......Page 18 00018___87bd5b62e7e727d03d597b455a619829.pdf......Page 19 00019___095ef90e74663e0ea03c9adc39babf55.pdf......Page 20 00020___d5e77b9446d9a4dd2170f4dec3b1ba4b.pdf......Page 21 00021___363c1763ee312eca10768c722daa0bde.pdf......Page 22 00022___c7eded742503a7a80d3f067bc47edc97.pdf......Page 23 00023___463c745040feb3ed09e25608204cf290.pdf......Page 24 00024___2dcfebd7231a66adbbdfde0b039c59b0.pdf......Page 25 00025___2b16df746ab840f423643ac81c14ccd4.pdf......Page 26 00026___6e2ea189a8e5f91957bb8275b18d0db5.pdf......Page 27 00027___00a872266fe5b2b4de6ba39d69034b9b.pdf......Page 28 00028___94feeeb7fc0886ed994a934c152fe69d.pdf......Page 29 00029___696178ba5df1ece70ad40d3e7f924c77.pdf......Page 30 00030___4ba8fdebc8d998d47f83160dfd576406.pdf......Page 31 00031___f662804ebd9b04c83ab5df650a1169ee.pdf......Page 32 00032___25193ef6c35aaeb1a6c192dda7501e62.pdf......Page 33 00033___2a8edc3da55e5dcf1ab75a0ab7d591e2.pdf......Page 34 00034___dafbf95ab15bece1ade8fd3a2a1aadc0.pdf......Page 35 00035___c1d3fb21f486d8747b5170d192446b86.pdf......Page 36 00036___bd46988c01cc64a563fadc4c85c64c4f.pdf......Page 37 00037___557f0fead9cfa5ad4941cb240f326b7a.pdf......Page 38 00038___47e83bc53ba86cbf30fe7d9e24bbfdc5.pdf......Page 39 00039___827b8aef0cce15f4fbcb1093e24e54e9.pdf......Page 40 00040___7323446f248796ac2689eff651f71146.pdf......Page 41 00041___1ca105242783eab3d7956492a6fec769.pdf......Page 42 00042___755405567505aebaeea86315e2ac5838.pdf......Page 43 A book about contemporary urban design, a metaphysical worldview and a cultural process that transcends the pre-colonial/colonial/post-colonial divides.Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mysticillumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has designed and built the entire city. Touba is named for Tûbâ, the'Tree of Paradise'of Islamic tradition. This archetypal tree articulates Islamic conceptions of righteous life on earth, divine judgment, and access to the Hereafter; the city of Touba actualizes this spiritual construct. Important aspects of its configuration, such as the vertical and horizontal alignment of its monumental central shrine complex, its radiating avenues and encircling ring roads, and the actual trees that mark its landscape relate directly to the archetypal tree of Sufi theosophy. The relationship between the spiritualarchetype and its earthly actualization as a city is explained by recourse to Sufi methodology. The book employs a semiotic analysis of urban form, cartography, hermeneutics, field investigation and analysis of satellite imagery in order to relate contemporary urban design issues to overarching metaphysical concepts. Sufi City also explores the history of urban networks in Senegal since the emergence of autonomous Muslim towns in the seventeenth century. Finally, the layout of Senegal's modern Sufi cities is related to the monumental palaver trees that marked that country's historic settlements. Eric S. Ross is a cultural and urban geographer who holds a degree inIslamic Studies. Since 1998 he has been Assistant Professor of Geography at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Apart from research on Sufi orders and Muslim towns in Senegal, he has studied cultural tourism and urban planning in Morocco. A book about contemporary urban design, a metaphysical worldview and a cultural process that transcends the pre-colonial/colonial/post-colonial divides. Sufi Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mysticillumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has designed and built the entire city. Touba is named for Tb, the "Tree of Paradise" of Islamic tradition. This archetypal tree articulates Islamic conceptions of righteous life on earth, divine judgment, and access to the Hereafter; the city of Touba actualizes this spiritual construct. Important aspects of its configuration, such as the vertical and horizontal alignment of its monumental central shrine complex, its radiating avenues and encircling ring roads, and the actual trees that mark its landscape relate directly to the archetypal tree of Sufi theosophy. The relationship between the spiritualarchetype and its earthly actualization as a city is explained by recourse to Sufi methodology. The book employs a semiotic analysis of urban form, cartography, hermeneutics, field investigation and analysis of satellite imagery in order to relate contemporary urban design issues to overarching metaphysical concepts. Sufi City also explores the history of urban networks in Senegal since the emergence of autonomous Muslim towns in the seventeenth century. Finally, the layout of Senegal's modern Sufi cities is related to the monumental palaver trees that marked that country's historic settlements. Eric S. Ross is a cultural and urban geographer who holds a degree inIslamic Studies. Since 1998 he has been Assistant Professor of Geography at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Apart from research on Sufi orders and Muslim towns in Senegal, he has studied cultural tourism and urban planning in Morocco. "Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has designed and built the entire city. Important aspects of its configuration, such as the vertical and horizontal alignment of its monumental central shrine complex, its radiating avenues and encircling ring roads, and the actual trees that mark its landscape relate directly to the archetypal tree of Sufi theosophy." "The book employs a semiotic analysis of urban form, cartography, hermeneutics, field investigation, and analysis of satellite imagery in order to relate contemporary urban design issues to overarching metaphysical concepts. Sufi City also explores the history of urban networks in Senegal since the emergence of autonomous Muslim towns in the seventeenth century. Finally, the layout of Senegal's modern Sufi cities is related to the monumental palaver trees that marked that country's historical settlements."--BOOK JACKET Archetypes: Sufi Phenomenology And The Semiosis Of Landscape -- Urban Design: The Spatial Configuration Of A Spiritual Project -- Marabout Republics Then And Now: Autonomous Muslim Towns In Senegal -- The Pénc: Trees And Urban Design In West Africa. Eric Ross. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 261-275) And Index.