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The world until 1400 according to Ibn Khaldun : a global history of humanity / Abdeselam Cheddadi

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2025Description: (202 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781032931913
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 189.61 23A
Other classification:
  • 189.6
Summary: Operating outside of the confines of the Western intellectual tradition, Khaldûn’s The Book of Examples is perhaps the first attempt to propose a global history of humanity. In doing so, Khaldûn pioneered approaches from what we today term sociology, anthropology, ecology, economics, geography, and urban studies. Drawing upon the Muqaddimah and the other volumes of the Kitab al-Ibar, Cheddadi proposes novel ways of viewing human history and classifying societies. Whilst Khaldûn’s attempts to develop a true global history were ultimately flawed, Cheddadi argues that they nevertheless offer pertinent lessons for our attempts to write a global history and to understand the world today.
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Operating outside of the confines of the Western intellectual tradition, Khaldûn’s The Book of Examples is perhaps the first attempt to propose a global history of humanity. In doing so, Khaldûn pioneered approaches from what we today term sociology, anthropology, ecology, economics, geography, and urban studies. Drawing upon the Muqaddimah and the other volumes of the Kitab al-Ibar, Cheddadi proposes novel ways of viewing human history and classifying societies. Whilst Khaldûn’s attempts to develop a true global history were ultimately flawed, Cheddadi argues that they nevertheless offer pertinent lessons for our attempts to write a global history and to understand the world today.

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