Ibn Khaldūn's philosophy of history : a study in the philosophic foundation of the science of culture / by Muhsin Mahdi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahdi, Muhsin.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406.

Ibn Khaldūn.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Physical Description:

325 pages ; 22 cm

8vo.

Place of Publication:

London : G. Allen and Unwin, 1957.

Contents:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mahdi, Muhsin. Ibn Khaldūn's philosophy of history.

OCLC:

1284010