Applying Ibn Khaldūn The Recovery of a Lost Tradition in Sociology 1st Edition by Syed Farid Alatas ISBN 978-0415678780 0415678781

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ISBN 10: 0415678781

ISBN 13:  978-0415678780

Author:  Syed Farid Alatas

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.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

2. The Errors of History and the New Science: Introduction to the Muqaddimah

3. Ibn Khaldun’s Theory of State Formation

4. Ibn Khaldun and Modern Sociology: An Aborted Tradition

5. Pre-modern Readings and Applications of Ibn Khaldun

6. A Khaldunian Theory of Muslim Reform

7. Ibn Khaldun and the Ottoman Modes of Production

8. The Rise and Fall of the Safavid State in a Khaldunian Framework

9. A Khaldunian Perspective on Modern Arab States: Saudi Arabia and Syria

10. Towards a Khaldunian Sociology of the State

11. Bibliographic Remarks and Further Reading

12. Bibliography

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