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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Cultural Objects -- Constructing Identity in Lebanon: Sectarianism -- Constructing Identity in Lebanon: Territory and Geopolitics -- A History of Beirut's Redevelopment Projects -- Post-Civil-War Reconstruction: Beirut's Central District -- Precarious Imaginaries of Beirut -- References -- Chapter 2 Beirut's Suspended Now -- Unresolvedness -- Volatility -- Chronotopes -- Mythical Rebirth, Psychological Healing and Apocalypse -- The Time-Space of Urban Development -- Precariousness -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The Disposable City -- Ruins -- Debris -- Dumpsites and Transgression -- Squander and Excess -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Surface City -- Mirrors: Shattered Reflections -- Façades: Appearance and Disguise -- Tabula Rasa: The Post-catastrophic Now -- Billboards: Exclusion and Reappropriation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Excavation and Mourning -- Latency -- Construction Site Digging -- The Shelter and the Underground Journey -- Dead Bodies -- Martyrs -- Excavation and Mourning -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Conclusion: Ethics in the Precarious City-The Case of YouStink -- References -- Index.