Al-Azmeh Ibn Khaldun

An Essay in Reinterpretation
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-963-386-469-2
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 0 Seiten

Reihe: CEU Medievalia - CEU Press

Since its publication in 1981, this book has established itself as the major new interpretation of the historical concept of Ibn Khaldûn, the great figure of Arab-Islamic letters and of historical thought overall--a figure generally thought to be on a par with Thucydides, Vico, Herder and others of similar stature.

The author has eschewed the ahistorical interpretations to which Ibn Khaldûn has normally been subjected, both by authors who have sought unduly to modernise his thought, and by those who sought to freeze it in stereotypical models of Islamic philosophy.

Ibn Khaldûn is not only a true historical source of his time; he is also taken as the unchallenged sociological and cultural interpreter of medieval North Africa and much of medieval and modern Arab-Islamic culture as well. The validity of his discourse is considered to be so universal as to confer upon his ideas the status of progenitor--or, at least, anticipator--of a great variety of modern ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Al-Azmeh, Aziz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Preface to the 2003 Impression
Symbols and Abbreviations
Figure: Anatomy of the Muquaddima

Biographical Note

Chapter One The Primacy of the Historical
The Criterion of Historical Significance
The Structure of the Historical State

Chapter Two The Problematization of History

Anatomy of the Muqaddima

The Muqaddima: Epitome with Glosses
The Analogical Regime

Chapter Three The Historicity of Kitab al’ Ibar

Bibliographical Orientations

Addendum to the 2003 Impression

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Al-Azmeh, Aziz
Aziz al-Azmeh is Distinguished Professor at the Central European University, Budapest.

Al-Azmeh Aziz:

Aziz al-Azmeh is Distinguished Professor at the Central European University, Budapest.