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Ibn Khaldun and the Arab Origins of the Sociology of Civilisation and Power


Ibn Khaldun and the Arab Origins of the Sociology of Civilisation and Power



von: Annalisa Verza

117,69 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 30.04.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9783030703394
Sprache: englisch

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<p></p><p>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 <i>Muqaddima</i>. 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 <i>Muqaddima</i> to reveal the deep insights it provides into the society, politics and law of contemporary liberal and multicultural civilisations.</p>

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.<p></p>

<p>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.</p><br><p></p>
<p>Preface.- Foreword.- Chapter 1. The Rediscovery of Ibn Khaldūn’s Work.- Chapter 2. Sense and Form of a “New History”.- Chapter 3. Inside the Muqaddima: Sociocultural Compactness and Social Transformations.- Chapter 4. The Internal Forces of the Crisis and the “Colouring” of Civilisation.- Chapter 5. The Topicality of Ibn Khaldūn’s Thought: From the Muqaddima to Our Society.- Index.</p>
<div><p>Annalisa Verza graduated in law from the University of Bologna, and received her PhD from the Università degli Studi di Milano in analytical philosophy and general theory of law.&nbsp;She teaches philosophy and sociology of law, and her research interests and publications span from contemporary liberalism to multiculturalism, and from legal-philosophical concepts in the Jewish and Muslim traditions to feminism and law, and to the relation between technology, second welfare and society. She has published 3 monographs&nbsp;and about 70 academic articles in major journals in the field.</p></div>
<p>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 <i>Muqaddima</i>. 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 <i>Muqaddima</i> to reveal the deep insights it provides into the society, politics and law of contemporary liberal and multicultural civilisations.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>
<p>Incorporates a fundamental Arab contribution into the general curriculum of sociology of law and politics</p><p>Explores the interconnection of the sociological, philosophical, scientific and historical aspects in Ibn Khaldun’s work</p><p>Discusses the application of Ibn Khaldun’s theoretical perspectives to the present times</p>

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