Urbicide in Syria

Name: Urbicide in Syria
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ISBN: 9781526180261

A Postcolonial Understanding of Civil War

Gabriel Garroum Pla

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English

Manchester University Press
01 October 2025

Political ideologies; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Identities and Geopolitics in the Middle East

This book provides an exhaustive analysis of the relationship between violence, urban space, and political subjectivity in Syria.

It does so through an exploration of how urbicide, the violent destruction and alteration of the urban fabric, becomes a tool for the regime's governmental and sovereign exercise of power, decisively redefining state-society dynamics and cementing political loyalty in Syria. Adopting a critical and postcolonial perspective, and through the cases of Damascus and Aleppo, the volume presents a unique perspective on the civil war by examining socio-material changes in everyday political spaces and processes, from mundane destruction to urban development and reconstruction efforts, and how these are experienced by local communities. Featuring rich data collection through interviews, archival research, and aesthetic sources, the book ultimately foregrounds Syrians' political agency and creativity despite ruination.

By: Gabriel Garroum Pla
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 156mm, Width: 234mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 551g
ISBN: 9781526180261
ISBN 10: 152618026X
Series: Identities and Geopolitics in the Middle East
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 01 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gabriel Garroum Pla is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

Reviews for Urbicide in Syria: A Postcolonial Understanding of Civil War

'Urbicide in Syria: A Postcolonial understanding of civil war by Gabriel Garroum Pla is a polished and cohesive study of how war, through its tendency to destroy urban space, works to simultaneously construct and reinforce political subjectivities. Published as part of the Manchester University Press series on 'Identities and Geopolitics in the Middle East', the book certainly makes a significant contribution to this broad theme. Specifically, it does so by focusing on the concept of urbicide - that is urban destruction and spatial violence - during the Syrian conflict since 2011 and its postcolonial resonance... The sudden fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 does nothing to lessen the relevance of Urbicide in Syria. Rather, the work's value can be considered timeless, and perhaps especially timely at present.' Thomas McGee, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies -- .