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.
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