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This book explores the significance of Ibn Khaldûn's magnum opus,
The Book of Examples, to our understanding of human history and the disciplines of anthropology, history, and sociology.
List of contents
Part I: Introduction 1. How to approach Ibn Khaldûn today? A Question of Global History 2. Ibn Khaldûn: A Historian of the Premodern Period 3. Ibn Khaldûn's Program: The Science of
'Umran and the Rewriting of History
Part II: A General Anthropology 4. Anthropological Representations Drawn from the Islamic Background 5. Natural Conditions, Supernatural Conditions, Thought 6. Society, Power, Economy Conclusion to Part II
Part III: A Sociology of Rural and Urban Societies 7. Rural Societies, Power, States 8. Urban Society and the Economic System 9. Urban Society and the Cultural System
Part IV: History 10. History in the
Muqaddima 11. History in the Narrative Part of
The Book of Examples Part V: Conclusions 12. Methodology 13. Ibn Khaldûn and His Work in a Global History Perspective 14. The World described by Ibn Khaldûn 15. Ibn Khaldûn's Contributions to Reflection on Global History
About the author
Abdesselam Cheddadi is a historian and philosopher, currently Professor Emeritus at Mohammed V University, Morocco. He has previously been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University and Princeton University, a Senior Fullbrighter at Yale University, and an Associate Director of Studies at the École des Hautes en Social Sciences in Paris. He is the author of numerous works on Arab civilization, culture, and education, particularly Islamic historiography and the works of Ibn Khaldun.
Summary
This book explores the significance of Ibn Khaldûn’s magnum opus, The Book of Examples, to our understanding of human history and the disciplines of anthropology, history, and sociology.
