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Ibn Khaldūn\'s philosophy of history: a study in the philosophic foundation of the science of culture


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Author

Muhsin Mahdi

Year of Publication

1957

Publisher

G. Allen and Unwin

City of Publication

London

Pages

325 pages ; 22 cm

Language

en

ARI Id

1672122239174


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Historical background and fragments of a biography: Historical background; Early life and training; Political and scholarly career in western Islam; Ibn Khaldûn in Egypt
Philosophy and the law: History and wisdom; Philosophy and the law; Philosophy in the Islamic community; Philosophy and style; The regime of the solitary
From history to the science of culture: Faith, traditionalism, and rationalism in Islamic historiography; Ibn Khaldûn's dialectical study of Islamic historiography; The need for a science of culture
preliminary statement of its principles
The science of culture
its subject matter and problems: Human nature and the nature of culture; The origin of human culture; Primitive culture and civilized culture; The state; The city; Economic life; The sciences
The science of culture
its principles and methods: The principles of the science of culture as defined by its end; The state and culture
the formal and material causes Solidarity
the efficient cause; The common good
the final cause
Summary and conclusion
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