Back To Nature : the Agrarian Foundations of Society According To Ibn Khaldun

Sivers, Peter von

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“…Analyses and critical evaluations of Ibn Khaldun's concepts and view of society and the state also constitute a significant portion of the existing literature on the Khaldunian thought (e.g. Cheddadi, ; Hannoum, ; Hussein, ; Lacoste, ; Rabiʿ, ; Rosenthal, ; Stowasser, ; Von Sivers, ; Walzer, ). Very few, however, attempt at an application of his theoretical ideas and/or concepts to historical or contemporary empirical cases (e.g.…”

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Khaldunian studies today: The contributions of Syed Farid Alatas

Ardıç

2017

J Historical Sociology

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The growing interest in the 14 th -century Muslim scholar IbnKhaldun's ideas and his essentially historical-sociological perspective implies a promise of a critical appraisal of the Eurocentric nature of the classical and contemporary social theory. An important role is played in this endeavor by Syed Farid Alatas whose work has been important not only in terms of further introducing Ibn Khaldun's theory to the Western audience but also making it more relevant to the contemporary theoretical debates and historical sociology.This article reviews Alatas' work on Ibn Khaldun with a view to demonstrate that his contributions to the Khaldunian studies today take at least five different forms: a critical examination of Ibn Khaldun's theory in general, and reconstruction of it as a theory of the state, and of religious revival in particular; demonstrating its significance for the modern social sciences; its application to a number of premodern and modern empirical cases; and a theoretical integration of his model with some modern Western theories, which is a rare occurrence in both Khaldunian studies and sociology in general. | INTRODUCTIONThe scholarly literature on the 14 th -century Arab-Muslim thinker 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun (732-808 AH/1332-1406 CE) entails different attitudes toward his work, presenting him from different angles using a diverse set of adjectives. For some he is a typical Aristotelian philosopher with no original contribution to philosophy or the study of history (e.g. Mahdi, 1957) or a typical historian of his own time offering no insights for today (Al-Azmeh, 1982;Gibb, 1933) -while others see him as an unusually "modern" or "secular" thinker that (surprisingly) emerged from the premodern Islamic world, finding his Muqaddima (Prolegomenon) fascinating (e.g. Nicholson, 1966;Ortega y Gasset, 1934). Still others claim he is an original philosopher and even the pioneer of the modern social science, and sociology in particular (e.g. Baali, 1988;Ben Salem, 1996;Bouthoul, 1930;Cheddadi, 2006;Conyers, 1972;Dhaouadi, 1990;Şentürk, 2016;Simon, 1959;Wafi, 1962 Spengler, 1963-64, Talbi, 1967, Baali, 1992, Cheddadi, 2006, Tomar, 2006 economy, methodology, etc. (e.g. 'Izzat, 1952;Baali & Price, 1982;Gellner, 1975;Goodman, 1972;Laroui, 1987). Still others focus on Ibn Khaldun's methodological perspective, often trying to re-articulate it in a manner that is compatible with modern debates or in a comparative fashion with a Western figure (e.g. Ahmad, 2003;Al-Marzouki, 2006;Ardıç, 2008;Dale, 2006;Hourani, 1982;Mahdi, 1957;Meuleman, 1991;Oumlil, 1982). Analyses and critical evaluations of Ibn Khaldun's concepts and view of society and the state also constitute a significant portion of the existing literature on the Khaldunian thought (e.g. Cheddadi, 1980;Hannoum, 2003;Hussein, 1917;Lacoste, 1984;Rabiʿ, 1967;Rosenthal, 1979;Stowasser, 1983;Von Sivers, 1980;Walzer, 1963). Very few, however, attempt at an application of his theoretical ideas and/or concepts to historical or contemporary empirical cases...

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Khaldunian studies today: The contributions of Syed Farid Alatas

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2017

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İbn Haldûn Umrân Mefhumunu Uygarlık/Medeniyet Anlamında mı Kullandı? Kuramsal ve Tarihsel Bir Tahlil

Azhari

2022

İslam Medeniyeti Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Umrân genellikle ikincil literatürde soyut kalan, neyi ifade ettiği tam anlamıyla belli olmayan, farklı yaklaşımlara göre değişkenlik arz eden bir kavramdır. Türkçe literatürde bu genellikle “medeniyet/uygarlık” ya da “toplum” olarak karşılanırken, İngilizce literatürde ise “civilisation” ile karşılanmıştır. Hadarî umrân ise bedevîliğin zıddı olan “yerleşiklik” anlamında kullanılırken, bazen de “uygar yaşam” olarak telakki edilmiştir. İbn Haldûn’un sıklıkla kullandığı bu mefhumlara yönelik yapılan alımlama, söz konusu kavramların derinliğinin sınırlandırılmasına neden olmaktadır. Dolayısıyla bunun önüne geçebilmek amacıyla kavramın bağlam içerisindeki yerine odaklanılarak, mefhumun maddi gelişmelerden uzak, “toplumsal ortam” anlamında kullanıldığı öne çıkarılacaktır. Bu çalışmada öncelikle umrânın genel olarak karşılandığı medeniyet/uygarlık ifadesinin tarihsel süreç içerisindeki serüveni mercek altına alınacak ve daha sonrasında bağlam dahilinde İbn Haldûn’un nasıl bir umrân anlayışı geliştirdiği hususunda farklı bir perspektif geliştirilerek söz konusu kavramın din, devlet, toplum, tarih, akıl ve ilim gibi pek çok hususla olan bağıntısı tartışılacaktır. Bu amaçla Türkçe ve İngilizce literatürde umrân kavramının nasıl alımlandığı, Batı’nın geliştirdiği medeniyet mefhumunun bu kavramı nasıl tahdit ettiği doğrultusunda hem söz konusu literatür hem de İbn Haldûn’un konuya olan yaklaşımları esas alınacaktır.

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IBN KHALDUN THOUGHT: A review of al-Muqaddimah Book

Hernawan

2017

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Back To Nature : the Agrarian Foundations of Society According To Ibn Khaldun

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Khaldunian studies today: The contributions of Syed Farid Alatas

Khaldunian studies today: The contributions of Syed Farid Alatas

İbn Haldûn Umrân Mefhumunu Uygarlık/Medeniyet Anlamında mı Kullandı? Kuramsal ve Tarihsel Bir Tahlil

IBN KHALDUN THOUGHT: A review of al-Muqaddimah Book

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