The Global City and the Holy City

"This very timely exploration of the senses of comfort, belonging, and commitment of citizens of London and Jerusalem expands and challenges debates about what it means to be 'at home' in the city. It also helps the city- and community-building professions to think about how to incorporate local, embodied knowledge in planning processes."Professor Leonie Sandercock, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia"Tovi Fenster offers a rich exploration of people's feelings about the places of their everyday lives. In focusing on comfort, belonging and commitment she of

'The Global City & the Holy City' explores the local embodied knowledge of women and men of different national, cultural and ethnic identities and age groups, living in London and Jerusalem. Their narratives focus on the three main concepts of Comfort, Belonging and Commitment to the various spaces in which they live.

The Global City & the Holy City explores the local embodied knowledge of women and men of different national, cultural and ethnic identities and age groups, living in London and Jerusalem. Their narratives focus on the three main concepts of Comfort, Belonging and Commitment to the various spaces in which they live. By deconstructing the meanings of these three notions and analyzing their expression in cognitive temporal maps, The Global City & The Holy City examines the practicalities of incorporating this kind of local embodied knowledge into the professional planning and management of cities in the age of globalization.