Ibn Khaldun: his contribution to the science of civilisation
ÑAbd al-RaÍmÉn Ibn KhaldËn was a Muslim historiographer and historian of Arab origin, and one of the founding “fathers” of modern historiography, sociology and economics. He is best known to modern readers for his Muqaddimah (Prolegomena [To History]), the introductory book to the magnificent sev...
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| Summary: | ÑAbd al-RaÍmÉn Ibn KhaldËn was a Muslim historiographer and historian of Arab origin, and
one of the founding “fathers” of modern historiography, sociology and economics. He is best
known to modern readers for his Muqaddimah (Prolegomena [To History]), the introductory
book to the magnificent seven-volume account on history of the world entitled KitÉb al-ÑIbar
(Book of History), which outlined the basic foundations of the science of civilisation. This work
was designated by the well-known British historian, Arnold J. Toynbee, as a “philosophy of
history which is undoubtedly the greatest work of its kind that has ever yet been created by any
mind in any time or place.” Another British scholar, Robert Flint, commented on the
significance of Ibn KhaldËn accordingly: “as a theorist of history he had no equal in any age or
country until Vico appeared, more than three hundred years later. Plato, Aristotle, and Augustine
were not his peers, and all others were unworthy of being even mentioned along with him.” |
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