Ibn Khaldūn An Essay In Reinterpretation

Author : Aziz Al-Azmeh
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633864692

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Since its publication in 1981, this book has established itself as the major new interpretation of the historical concept of Ibn Khaldûn, the great figure of Arab-Islamic letters and of historical thought overall--a figure generally thought to be on a par with Thucydides, Vico, Herder and others of similar stature. The author has eschewed the ahistorical interpretations to which Ibn Khaldûn has normally been subjected, both by authors who have sought unduly to modernise his thought, and by those who sought to freeze it in stereotypical models of Islamic philosophy. Ibn Khaldûn is not only a true historical source of his time; he is also taken as the unchallenged sociological and cultural interpreter of medieval North Africa and much of medieval and modern Arab-Islamic culture as well. The validity of his discourse is considered to be so universal as to confer upon his ideas the status of progenitor--or, at least, anticipator--of a great variety of modern ideas.

Author : ʻAzīz ʻAẓmah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111818030

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Ibn Khaldūn by ʻAzīz ʻAẓmah Pdf

Since its publication 1981, this book has established itself as the major new interpretation of the historical thought of this great figure of Arab-Islamic letters and of historical thought overall, a figure generally thought to be on a par with Vico, Herder, Thucydides and others of similar stature. The author has eschewed the ahistorical interpretations to which Ibn Khaldun has normally been subjected, both by authors who have sought unduly to modernise his thought, and by those who sought to freeze it in stereotypical models of Islamic thought. Starting with an interpretation of Ibn Khaldun's narration of history in the context of classical Arabic historical writing, the author's interpretation then moves on to a meticulous reconstruction of Ibn Khaldun's conception of. The author probes the employment by Ibn Khaldun of the Aristotelian conception of nature in his understanding of society, of the logical and para-logical hermeneutics he deploys in the assessment of historical reports, and of the narrative structures of Arabic historical writing with its central concept of the state. The book then goes on to sketch the content and structure of Ibn Khaldun's most celebrated work, the Muqaddima. The concluding chapter assesses Ibn Khaldun from the perspective of his age as expressed in the reception of his work. The book ends with "bibliographic orientations" for the help of the reader.

Author : ʻAzīz al- ʻAẓma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 071463140X

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Ibn Khaldūn by ʻAzīz al- ʻAẓma Pdf

Author : Aziz Al-Azmeh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9639141585

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Ibn Khaldun by Aziz Al-Azmeh Pdf

Author : Aziz Al-Azmeh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136279577

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Ibn Khaldun by Aziz Al-Azmeh Pdf

A reinterpretation of Ibn Khaldun, 14th-century Arabic philosopher, historian and politician.

Author : ʻAzīz ʻAẓmah
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 9780714631301

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Ibn Khaldūn, an Essay in Reinterpretation by ʻAzīz ʻAẓmah Pdf

A reinterpretation of Ibn Khaldun, 14th-century Arabic philosopher, historian and politician.

Author : Marek D?browski
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9639241504

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Disinflation in Transition Economies by Marek D?browski Pdf

Since its publication in 1981, this book has established itself as the major new interpretation of the historical concept of Ibn Khaldun, the great figure of Arab -- Islamic letters and of historical thought overall -- a figure generally thought to be on a par with Thucydides, Vico, Herder and others of similar stature. The author has eschewed the ahistorical interpretations to which Ibn Khaldun has normally been subjected, both by authors who have sought unduly to modernise his thought, and by those who sought to freeze it in stereotypical models of Islamic philosophy. Book jacket.

Author : Annalisa Verza
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030703394

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Ibn Khaldūn and the Arab Origins of the Sociology of Civilisation and Power by Annalisa Verza Pdf

This book presents Ibn Khaldūn's anticipatory sociology of civilisations and power. Half a millennium before the birth of modern sociology in the West, Ibn Khaldūn—scholar, political counsellor, and Malikite judge—wrote a revolutionary sociological-philosophical treatise, the Muqaddima. This book places his broad, complex, and refined treatise against the background of the Islamo-Greek culture of his time and analyses its main sociological, but also philosophical, historical, and scientific perspectives. Finally, thanks to its "universalisable" core, the author recontextualizes the teachings from the Muqaddima to reveal the deep insights it provides into the society, politics and law of contemporary liberal and multicultural civilisations. A deeper reception of Ibn Khaldūn's perspective is not only important in understanding the Arab contribution to social theory, social history and philosophy, but also diversifies the sociological project beyond the Euro-American standpoint. Given its interdisciplinary appeal, the book addresses a wide readership of students and scholars in sociology, the sociology of law, philosophy of law, philosophy of history, political philosophy, history of civilisations, political sociology, and Arabic studies.

Author : Allen James Fromherz
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780748654185

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Ibn Khaldun by Allen James Fromherz Pdf

A biography of Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), famous historian, scholar, theologian and statesman.

Author : Zaid Ahmad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134413805

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The Epistemology of Ibn Khaldun by Zaid Ahmad Pdf

This is an analytical examination of Ibn Khaldun's epistemology, centred on Chapter Six of the Muqaddima. In this chapter, entitled The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al'Ilm), Ibn Khaldun sketched his general ideas about knowledge and science and its relationship with human social organisation and the establishment of a civilisation.

Author : Ibn Khaldūn
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-09-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781479834198

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The Requirements of the Sufi Path by Ibn Khaldūn Pdf

Sufism through the eyes of a legal scholar In The Requirements of the Sufi Path, the renowned North African historian and jurist Ibn Khaldūn applies his analytical powers to Sufism, which he deems a bona fide form of Islamic piety. Ibn Khaldūn is widely known for his groundbreaking work as a sociologist and historian, in particular for the Muqaddimah, the introduction to his massive universal history. In The Requirements of the Sufi Path, he writes from the perspective of an Islamic jurist and legal scholar. He characterizes Sufism and the stages along the Sufi path and takes up the the question of the need for a guide along that path. In doing so, he relies on the works of influential Sufi scholars, including al-Qushayrī, al-Ghazālī, and Ibn al-Khaṭīb. Even as Ibn Khaldūn warns of the extremes to which some Sufis go—including practicing magic—his work is essentially a legal opinion, a fatwa, asserting the inherent validity of the Sufi path. The Requirements of the Sufi Path incorporates the wisdom of three of Sufism’s greatest voices as well as Ibn Khaldūn’s own insights, acquired through his intellectual encounters with Sufism and his broad legal expertise. All this he brings to bear on the debate over Sufi practices in a remarkable work of synthesis and analysis. An English-only edition.

Author : IBN. BU?LAN
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479818778

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The Doctors' Dinner Party by IBN. BU?LAN Pdf

"An eleventh-century satire in the form of a novella, set in a medical milieu, [in which] a young doctor from out of town is invited to dinner with a group of older medical men, whose conversation reveals their incompetence"--

Author : Robert Irwin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691197098

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Ibn Khaldun by Robert Irwin Pdf

"Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he should be, and his ideas are widely misunderstood. In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides an engaging and authoritative account of Ibn Khaldun's extraordinary life, times, writings, and ideas. Irwin tells how Ibn Khaldun, who lived in a world decimated by the Black Death, held a long series of posts in the tumultuous Islamic courts of North Africa and Muslim Spain, becoming a major political player as well as a teacher and writer. Closely examining the Muqaddima, a startlingly original analysis of the laws of history, and drawing on many other contemporary sources, Irwin shows how Ibn Khaldun's life and thought fit into historical and intellectual context, including medieval Islamic theology, philosophy, politics, literature, economics, law, and tribal life. Because Ibn Khaldun's ideas often seem to anticipate by centuries developments in many fields, he has often been depicted as more of a modern man than a medieval one, and Irwin's account of such misreadings provides new insights about the history of Orientalism. In contrast, Irwin presents an Ibn Khaldun who was a creature of his time--a devout Sufi mystic who was obsessed with the occult and futurology and who lived in an often-strange world quite different from our own"--Jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Fundación El legado andalusì
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Mediterranean Region
ISBN : 8496556344

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Ibn Khaldun by Anonim Pdf

Author : Syed Farid Alatas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317593997

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Applying Ibn Khaldūn by Syed Farid Alatas Pdf

The writings of Ibn Khaldūn, particularly the Muqaddimah (Prolegomenon) have rightly been regarded as being sociological in nature. For this reason, Ibn Khaldūn has been widely regarded as the founder of sociology, or at least a precursor of modern sociology. While he was given this recognition, however, few works went beyond proclaiming him as a founder or precursor to the systematic application of his theoretical perspective to specific historical and contemporary aspects of Muslim societies in North Africa and the Middle East. The continuing presence of Eurocentrism in the social sciences has not helped in this regard: it often stands in the way of the consideration of non-Western sources of theories and concepts. This book provides an overview of Ibn Khaldūn and his sociology, discusses reasons for his marginality, and suggests ways to bring Ibn Khaldūn into the mainstream through the systematic application of his theory. It moves beyond works that simply state that Ibn Khaldūn was a founder of sociology or provide descriptive accounts of his works. Instead it systematically applies Khaldūn’s theoretical perspective to specific historical aspects of Muslim societies in North Africa and the Middle East, successfully integrating concepts and frameworks from Khaldūnian sociology into modern social science theories. Applying Ibn Khaldūn will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology and social theory.