Ibn Khaldun : An Intellectual Biography /

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The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Irwin, Robert, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ibn Khaldūn, > 1332-1406.
Islamic civilization.
Historiography.
Historians, Arab.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Study & Teaching.
Historiens arabes > Empire islamique > Biographies.
Historiography > Islamic Empire.
Historians, Arab > Islamic Empire > Biography.
Islamic Empire.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ibn Khaldun among the ruins
  • The game of thrones in fourteenth-century North Africa
  • The nomads, their virtues and their place in history
  • Underpinning the methodology of the Muqaddima: philosophy, theology and jurisprudence
  • Ibn khaldun's sojourn among the Mamluks in Egypt
  • The sufi mystic
  • Messages from the dark side
  • Economics before economics had been invented
  • Teaching and writing: what Ibn Khaldun did for a living
  • The strange afterlife of the Muqaddima
  • Ending up.

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