Ghunimat, Mustafa. “The Social Thought of Ibn Khaldūn,” Year 13, Issue 51 (Winter 1429 AH/ 2008 CE), Pp. 39-64.
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Keywords

Ibn Khaldūn - social thought - Khaldūnian sociology - ʿaṣabiyyah, Bedouin - urban society - prophethood - state - Muqadimmah - history - authority.

How to Cite

غنيمات مصطفى. “Ghunimat, Mustafa. ‘The Social Thought of Ibn Khaldūn,’ Year 13, Issue 51 (Winter 1429 AH 2008 CE), Pp. 39-64”. Al-Fikr al-islāmī al-muʿāṣir (previously Islamiyat al-Ma’rifah) 13, no. 51 (January 1, 2008): 39–64. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://citj.org/index.php/citj/article/view/1207.

Abstract

Mustafa Ghunimat’s article falls within the framework of studies dealing with the scientific aspect of Arab and Islamic heritage, and pertains to the field of sociology in particular. His article highlights the contributions of Ibn Khaldūn through an analytical study of his Muqadimmah. It draws on its social ideas, and attempts  to structure and develop these ideas within the following themes:  the science of history as a point of departure for Khaldūnian sociology; starting points of society, authority as a social necessity, Bedouin society, urban society, ʿaṣabiyyah (social solidarity), prophethood, and the state and its generational stages.

https://doi.org/10.35632/citj.v13i51.1207
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