Ibn Khaldun

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An Intellectual Biography

By Robert Irwin

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In Ibn Khaldun, Robert Irwin delves into the life and work of the 14th-century historian and philosopher who is often credited as the father of sociology, historiography, and economics. The book explores Ibn Khaldun's groundbreaking ideas, detailed in his seminal work the Muqaddima, while providing insight into the cultural and political milieu of the medieval Islamic world. Irwin paints a vivid portrait of Ibn Khaldun's intellectual journey and the enduring significance of his contributions to various fields of study.
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Ibn Khaldun

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 Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produ

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The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the Muqaddima.

Ibn 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 Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he should be, and his ideas are widely misunderstood.

In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides an engaging and authoritative account of Ibn Khaldun's extraordinary life, times, writings, and ideas.

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Ibn Khaldun by Robert Irwin has been highly praised, being selected as one of the Financial Times' Best Books of the Year and also featured in the Asian Review of Books' Books of the Year for the Biography & Memoir category.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691197098

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 November 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 272

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Biography & Memoir European History History & Military Middle Eastern History Non-Fiction Political Biographies Religion & Spirituality Robert Irwin

About the Author

Robert Irwin (19462024) was senior research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and a former lecturer at the University of St Andrews. His many books include Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents and Memoirs of a Dervish: Sufis, Mystics, and the Sixties, as well as seven novels. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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