Why not build the mosque? : Islam, political cost, and the practice of democracy in Greece / Dimitris Antoniou.
| Author/creator | Antoniou, Dimitris, 1979- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025] |
| Description | 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary ethnography Contemporary ethnography. ^A390545 |
| Contents | The two mosques : the past in the present -- The promise of the mosque -- The making of "Muslim" subjects -- Islam as a path to democracy -- The locals -- The (other) church -- Politcal cost -- The productivity of the unrealized. |
| Subject | "This book explores the Greek state's attempts to build a mosque. Looking at the project's decades-long history of failure and its bittersweet realization in 2020, Dimitris Antoniou demonstrates the productivity of unrealized plans and sheds light on what it takes for things to happen in contemporary democracies"--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Ethnographies. |
| Genre/form | Études ethnographiques. |
| LCCN | 2024030676 |
| ISBN | 9781512827163 |
| ISBN | 9781512827170 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1512827177 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1512827169 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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