Hassanaly Ladha
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601543 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hassanaly Ladha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hassanaly |
| FAMILY NAME | Ladha |
| SIGNATURE | LADHA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Revolutionary Sublime
Encounters
From Bayt to Stanza
At the twilight of Arabic literary culture in thirteenth-century Sicily, poets writing in the vernacular Italian use the term “stanza,” meaning a “dwelling,” to refer to a lyric strophe. Since there is no precedent for this use of the term “stanza” to refer to poetry, I suggest that “stanza” presents as a calque for Arabic “bayt,” meaning “dwelling” and a “unit of verse.” To understand how the implied relation between poetry and architecture migh…
Allegories of Ruin
This study examines the architectural lexicon ( ṭalal, dār, rasm, bayt ) of early Arabic poetry, interrogating the relation between built and linguistic form in the nasīb . I argue that the interpenetration of the aṭlāl and khayāl motifs and of other structural elements of the qaṣīdah allegorizes the fleeting and phantasmatic nature of all linguistic and material structures. In the early Arabic episteme, poetic forms materialize history, delineat…
Architecture of Freedom
Through a radical reading of Hegel's oeuvre, The Architecture of Freedom sets forth a theory of open borders centered on a new interpretation of the German philosopher's related conceptions of language and the aesthetic, mastery and servitude, and subjectivity and the state. The book's argument turns on Hegel's identification of "Africa" as a fluid, utopic space enabling the traversal of the East-West binary. As Hegel's figure for the non-histori…
Hegel's Werkmeister
January 01 2012 Hegel's Werkmeister: Architecture, Architectonics, and the Theory of History Hassanaly Ladha Hassanaly Ladha HASSANALY LADHA teaches comparative literature and philosophy as Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Connecticut. His current book project analyzes the constitution and reception of Hegel's “Africa” in relation to philosophical conceptions of the aesthetic and the political subject. Se…
From Bayt to Stanza
At the twilight of Arabic literary culture in thirteenth-century Sicily, poets writing in the vernacular Italian use the term “stanza,” meaning a “dwelling,” to refer to a lyric strophe. Since there is no precedent for this use of the term “stanza” to refer to poetry, I suggest that “stanza” presents as a calque for Arabic “bayt,” meaning “dwelling” and a “unit of verse.” To understand how the implied relation between poetry and architecture migh…
Allegories of Ruin
This study examines the architectural lexicon ( ṭalal, dār, rasm, bayt ) of early Arabic poetry, interrogating the relation between built and linguistic form in the nasīb . I argue that the interpenetration of the aṭlāl and khayāl motifs and of other structural elements of the qaṣīdah allegorizes the fleeting and phantasmatic nature of all linguistic and material structures. In the early Arabic episteme, poetic forms materialize history, delineat…
Hegel's Werkmeister
January 01 2012 Hegel's Werkmeister: Architecture, Architectonics, and the Theory of History Hassanaly Ladha Hassanaly Ladha HASSANALY LADHA teaches comparative literature and philosophy as Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Connecticut. His current book project analyzes the constitution and reception of Hegel's “Africa” in relation to philosophical conceptions of the aesthetic and the political subject. Se…
Allegories of Ruin
This study examines the architectural lexicon ( ṭalal, dār, rasm, bayt ) of early Arabic poetry, interrogating the relation between built and linguistic form in the nasīb . I argue that the interpenetration of the aṭlāl and khayāl motifs and of other structural elements of the qaṣīdah allegorizes the fleeting and phantasmatic nature of all linguistic and material structures. In the early Arabic episteme, poetic forms materialize history, delineat…
Architecture of Freedom
Through a radical reading of Hegel's oeuvre, The Architecture of Freedom sets forth a theory of open borders centered on a new interpretation of the German philosopher's related conceptions of language and the aesthetic, mastery and servitude, and subjectivity and the state. The book's argument turns on Hegel's identification of "Africa" as a fluid, utopic space enabling the traversal of the East-West binary. As Hegel's figure for the non-histori…
From Bayt to Stanza
At the twilight of Arabic literary culture in thirteenth-century Sicily, poets writing in the vernacular Italian use the term “stanza,” meaning a “dwelling,” to refer to a lyric strophe. Since there is no precedent for this use of the term “stanza” to refer to poetry, I suggest that “stanza” presents as a calque for Arabic “bayt,” meaning “dwelling” and a “unit of verse.” To understand how the implied relation between poetry and architecture migh…
The Revolutionary Sublime
Encounters
Art (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Literature (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Hegelianism (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works)