Table Of ContentApplying Ibn Khald(cid:460)n
The writings of Ibn Khald(cid:460)n, particularly the M uqaddimah (Prolegomenon) , have
rightly been regarded as being sociological in nature. For this reason, Ibn Khald(cid:460)n
has been widely regarded as the founder of sociology, or at least a precursor of
modern sociology. While he was given this recognition, however, few works went
beyond proclaiming him as a founder or precursor to the systematic application
of his theoretical perspective to specifi c historical and contemporary aspects of
Muslim societies in North Africa and the Middle East. The continuing presence of
Eurocentrism in the social sciences has not helped in this regard: it often stands in
the way of the consideration of non-Western sources of theories and concepts.
T his book provides an overview of Ibn Khald(cid:460)n and his sociology, discusses
reasons for his marginality, and suggests ways to bring Ibn Khald(cid:460)n into the
mainstream through the systematic application of his theory. It moves beyond
works that simply state that Ibn Khald(cid:460)n was a founder of sociology or provide
descriptive accounts of his works. Instead it systematically applies Ibn Khald(cid:460)n’s
theoretical perspective to specifi c historical aspects of Muslim societies in North
Africa and the Middle East, successfully integrating concepts and frameworks
from Khald(cid:460)nian sociology into modern social science theories. Applying Ibn
Khald(cid:460)n will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology and social theory.
Syed Farid Alatas is Head of the Department of Malay Studies and Associate
Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. His books
include D emocracy and Authoritarianism: The Rise of the Post-Colonial State
in Indonesia and Malaysia (Macmillan, 1997), A lternative Discourse in Asian
Social Science: Responses to Eurocentrism (Sage, 2006) and Ibn Khald(cid:460)n
(Oxford University Press, 2012).
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