Reading Ibn Khaldun

Avtorji

Anja Zalta (ed)
Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta
Mesut Idriz (ed)
University of Sharjah, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Kratka vsebina

Reading Ibn Khaldun: His Heritage, Applications, and Significance for Modern Science is an interdisciplinary edited volume that reassesses the intellectual heritage of Ibn Khaldūn (1332–1406) and demonstrates the enduring significance of his thought for contemporary scholarship. The volume explores Ibn Khaldūn’s intellectual legacy across a wide range of themes, including civilization, social cohesion, political authority, economics, taxation, education, epistemology, social capital, cultural transformation, gender relations, and governance. Collectively, the volume makes a significant scholarly contribution by showing that the Muqaddimah remains a living intellectual resource rather than solely a classical historical text. By bringing Khaldunian thought into dialogue with contemporary questions of governance, economic development, social cohesion, education, cultural change, diversity, and gender, the book underscores the continuing relevance and universality of Ibn Khaldūn’s intellectual achievement. It therefore contributes both to the study of Islamic intellectual and scientific heritage and to broader efforts to reconsider the historical foundations of modern social thought from a more inclusive and globally oriented perspective.

Poglavja

  • Introduction
    Anja Zalta, Mesut Idriz
  • From Plato to Ibn Khaldūn
    Tracing the Idea of “Man is Madani by Nature” Across Greek Philosophy and Islamic Thought
    Badr Hamid Al-Harbi
  • The Rise and Decline of Civilization
    A Critical Analysis of Ibn Khaldun’s Theory
    Mashhad Al-Allaf
  • Ibn Khaldun
    A Pioneer of Economic Thought and Its Relevance Today
    Khaliq Ahmad, Mohammad Ibrahim, Tharakulath Moosa Sinan
  • From Cohesion to Control
    The Dynamics of ʿAṣabiyya in Ibn Khaldūn’s Theory of Leadership, Control and Order
    Hany T. Ibrahim
  • Solidarity (ʿAṣabiyyah), Luxury (Taraf), and Subjugation (al-Ummah al-Maghlūbah)
    A Khaldūnian Interpretation of Nasrid Granada
    Ghadi Amer
  • The Formulation of Taxes in the Thought of Ibn Khaldun
    Mona Mahmoud Idelbi
  • Reading the Muqaddima
    The Paradox of the Sixth Prolegomenon
    Rüdiger Lohlker
  • Ibn Khaldun’s Theory of ‘Asabiyyah and Social Capital
    Fatima A.D. Algharbawi
  • Ibn Khaldun and American Social Thought
    The Dialectic of Reception and Intersection
    Suleiman Al Daher, Labidi Bouabdallah, Khalifa Khalid Abdullah
  • Bedouin and Urban Civilization in the Thought of Ibn Khaldun
    Polarity or Complementarity
    Imen Helali
  • Intellectual Education in Ibn Khaldun
    A Psychological-Educational Approach
    Elhoussine Baaddi, Chaimae Elmajdoubi, Shaikha Nasir Alkarbi
  • Ministry of Tolerance in the UAE
    A Practical Application of Ibn Khaldun’s Vision in Managing Diversity and Social Integration
    Noura Nsair Alkarbi
  • The Reception of Ibn Khaldun’s Work in Journals in BiH
    Sead Karišik
  • Khaldunian Applications in Applied Sociology
    A Contemporary Reading in Light of the Emirati Experience
    Shaikha Nasir Alkarbi
  • Ibn Khaldūn’s ʿAṣabiyyah and Gender Relations in a Nomadic Society
    The Case of SADR
    Anja Zalta

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25 September 2026

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Zalta, A., & Idriz, M. (Eds.). (2026). Reading Ibn Khaldun. Založba Univerze v Ljubljani. https://doi.org/10.4312/9789612978822