Ibn Khaldūn : an essay in reinterpretation / Aziz Al-Azmeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAẓmah, ʻAzīz.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406.

Ibn Khaldūn.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary; New York : Central European University Press, 2003.

Summary:

In general, historians from early periods are no longer taken at face value, but evaluated according to what is known about them and their time, says Al-Azmeh (Central European U.). But Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406 AD) has managed to avoid such objective consideration, and is still revered not only as a true historical source of his time, but also as the unchallenged sociological and cultural interpreter of medieval North Africa and much of medieval and modern Arab-Islamic culture. It is time for that situation to end, he says, and begins the process. A new preface has been added to the reprint of the 1982 publication by Frank Cass. Distributed by Books International. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Originally published: London : Cass, 1982.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-153) and index.

ISBN:

963924158X

OCLC:

50958989