An Arab Philosophy Of History: Selections From The Prolegomena Of Ibn Khaldun Of Tunis (1332-1406)
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Few thinkers in the medieval world possessed the intellectual audacity of Ibn Khaldun, the fourteenth-century North African polymath whose sweeping vision of history remains one of humanity's most extraordinary intellectual achievements. An Arab Philosophy of History presents a carefully curated selection from Ibn Khaldun's monumental Muqaddimah (Prolegomena), the celebrated introductory work in which he constructed a rigorous, cyclical theory of civilisation — arguing that societies rise and fall according to the internal dynamics of group solidarity, power, and moral decay — translated and arranged by Oxford scholar Charles Issawi for the benefit of the modern Western reader. Issawi's lucid and authoritative translations illuminate Ibn Khaldun's pioneering insights into sociology, economics, and political science, disciplines the Tunisian philosopher effectively invented centuries before they were formalised in Europe. The work chronicles the forces that bind and dissolve empires, the corrupting nature of luxury, and the inexorable rhythms of historical change, revealing a mind of startling modernity. For scholars of Islamic thought, world history, and philosophy alike, this volume stands as an indispensable gateway into one of history's most original and prophetic minds — one whose conclusions about the rise and fall of civilisations feel as urgent today as they did in the fourteenth century.
Author: Charles Issawi
Format: Hardback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few thinkers in the medieval world possessed the intellectual audacity of Ibn Khaldun, the fourteenth-century North African polymath whose sweeping vision of history remains one of humanity's most extraordinary intellectual achievements. An Arab Philosophy of History presents a carefully curated selection from Ibn Khaldun's monumental Muqaddimah (Prolegomena), the celebrated introductory work in which he constructed a rigorous, cyclical theory of civilisation — arguing that societies rise and fall according to the internal dynamics of group solidarity, power, and moral decay — translated and arranged by Oxford scholar Charles Issawi for the benefit of the modern Western reader. Issawi's lucid and authoritative translations illuminate Ibn Khaldun's pioneering insights into sociology, economics, and political science, disciplines the Tunisian philosopher effectively invented centuries before they were formalised in Europe. The work chronicles the forces that bind and dissolve empires, the corrupting nature of luxury, and the inexorable rhythms of historical change, revealing a mind of startling modernity. For scholars of Islamic thought, world history, and philosophy alike, this volume stands as an indispensable gateway into one of history's most original and prophetic minds — one whose conclusions about the rise and fall of civilisations feel as urgent today as they did in the fourteenth century.