Abdesselam Cheddadi

The World Until 1400 According to Ibn Khaldun

A Global History of Humanity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032931906
• ISBN-10: 1032931906
• Artikelnr.: 71548302

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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