Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
Ahmad Jahani Nasab
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This article aims to analyze Utopia from Avicenna and Ibn Khaldun’s socio ـ political point of view based on Spriggans’ model. Therefore, the research question is: How did Avicenna and Ibn Khaldun think about the idea of Utopia and what ideal solution did they propose to get rid of its crises? ...
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This article aims to analyze Utopia from Avicenna and Ibn Khaldun’s socio ـ political point of view based on Spriggans’ model. Therefore, the research question is: How did Avicenna and Ibn Khaldun think about the idea of Utopia and what ideal solution did they propose to get rid of its crises? Using the descriptive ـ analytical method, as well as library resources, the researcher found out that in an effort to create a link between politics and prophecy, Avicenna considered the crisis to be a lack of centralized national power, which in turn led to a lack of prophetic policy and proper implementation of sharia laws. Proposing the Utopia, he considered a prophetic political law as the best system, in which the prophet or his successor is at the forefront. His Utopia includes reconciliation of religion and philosophy, linking politics with sharia, and maintaining the unity of the Muslim community through the philosopher ـ prophet concentrated power. In fact, proposing of Utopia from the socio ـ political perspective was based on the divine nature of man and the maximum role of government in the felicity and salvation of citizens in this world and hereafter. However, in Ibn Khaldun’s point of view, formation and expansion of powerful and vast governments are related to origin of religious principles and the role of religion in the lifespan of the states. He considers the state a fluid and declining phenomenon that, like humans, has a natural lifespan from its emergence to its decadence. Given that, in addition to tribal solidarity (Asabiyyah), religious solidarity can strengthen governments.
Comparative study of Islamic and non-Islamic thinkers
Rahmat alllah Mahmoodi; Abolfazl Salmani Gavari; gholamreza jamshidiha
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Ibn Khaldun and Hegel are considered as the founders of "philosophy of history" in the Islamic world and the West, so the subject of this research is a description in order to examine how two thinkers, from two different traditions, faced the concept of philosophy of history. In this research, with a ...
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Ibn Khaldun and Hegel are considered as the founders of "philosophy of history" in the Islamic world and the West, so the subject of this research is a description in order to examine how two thinkers, from two different traditions, faced the concept of philosophy of history. In this research, with a comparative method, we will first focus on the theoretical foundations of Ibn Khaldun's view in the book "Introduction", which provides a theoretical basis for thinking about the philosophy of history, and then we will explain how to enter Hegel's thought. Finally, how the philosophy of history is formed in his thought is discussed. From this point of view, trying to discover the essence of two sides of thought, apart from providing a path for two-sided dialogue, also enables comparison; an approach known as the phenomenological comparison method. The result of this comparison, taking into account the differences between the two thinkers, is common results in terms of history and the historical, political and social issues, a view that speaks of inevitable determinism and inevitable necessity in the movement of history.
Fatemeh Amin Roaya jazeh; Ali Moradkhani; seyed javad miri; Hossein sajadi
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Ibn Khaldun founded ilm al-‘umran in the Mugaddimah and For this reason, he is often hailed as the founder or at least the precursor of sociology; But his sociology has not developed and he has been neglected as a theorist. Farid Alatas considers the continuation of Eurocentrism in the social sciences ...
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Ibn Khaldun founded ilm al-‘umran in the Mugaddimah and For this reason, he is often hailed as the founder or at least the precursor of sociology; But his sociology has not developed and he has been neglected as a theorist. Farid Alatas considers the continuation of Eurocentrism in the social sciences as an obstacle to attention to non-western sources of theories and concepts; in a way that has put Ibn khaldun's thinking on the margins of modern social sciences. The project to Islamization of knowledge was introduced as a reaction to the Eurocentrism in the Islamic world. Farid Alatas considers this project to be unsuccessful in the development of Khaldunian sociology as a model for alternative sociology. While Ibn Khaldun has been marginalized in the Modern social sciences، his sociological approach sits between two opposing approaches of knowledge production: Islamization of knowledge and Eurocentrism. The purpose of this study is to investigate Farid Alatas's critical view of Eurocentric social sciences and its role as an obstacle to the development of Khaldunian sociology. The method of this study is documentary and by referring to Farid Alatas's works in a descriptive-analytical way, these questions were examined: How does Farid Alatas present Eurocentrism as an obstacle to the emergence of Ibn Khaldun's sociology? Why does Farid Alatas consider the project to Islamization of knowledge unsuccessful in developing Khaldunian sociology? What conditions does Farid Alatas consider necessary for the development of Khaldunian sociology? According to the findings of study, Farid Alatas is both opposed to the European social sciences and its adversary, the project to Islamization of knowledge, has not been sufficient; Therefore, Khaldunian sociology has not been successful in the mainstream of sociology and also in Islamic social sciences. Thus, Farid Alatas has made suggestions for Ibn Khaldun entering the mainstream of sociology and developing Khadunian Sociology.
Ahmad Jahani Nasab
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Social solidarity, as the most important part of a society, has a special and important place and in addition to its intrinsic functions in the management and regulation of social affairs, its existence is necessary to maintain and stabilize the socio-political system. Therefore, the present article ...
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Social solidarity, as the most important part of a society, has a special and important place and in addition to its intrinsic functions in the management and regulation of social affairs, its existence is necessary to maintain and stabilize the socio-political system. Therefore, the present article intends to study and recognize its shaping factors in the views and ideas of Ibn Khaldun as a Muslim social philosopher and Emile Durkheim, theorist of social solidarity. Therefore, an attempt has been made to study the research issue in the framework of functionalism approach using descriptive-analytical and documentary method. With the hypothesis that "Asabiyyah" in Ibn Khaldun's thought and "interactions between individuals in the form of division of social work" in Durkheim's thought, is the main factor of social solidarity. Also, the starting point of each of these two thinkers is the degree of interaction and interaction of members in social relations, which in terms of the formation and continuity of the political and social system, the distance (rotation) of Ibn Khaldun's theory and Durkheim's theory are linear. It becomes. Ibn Khaldun's reputation as the most important social thinker in the Islamic world owes more than anything to the concept of Asabiyyah and its place in social change, which includes the five stages from birth to decline. Hence, it seems that Ibn Khaldun's social theory in terms of social transformation and its effect on the formation and continuity of the political system is of the type of rotational and conflict theory and Durkheim's social theory is also a monolithic and evolutionary theory. Although Emile Durkheim is known as a theorist of social solidarity, but thinkers such as Montesquieu, Saint Simon, Comte, Rousseau and even Ibn Khaldun in the Islamic world can be named who have focused on social harmony and cohesion.
Javad Nazarimoghaddam
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The question of what is the concept of national temperament and character and its dimensions and characteristics and the factors influencing the development of personality and temperament of nations and therefore how it affects the fate of societies and their development and underdevelopment are always ...
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The question of what is the concept of national temperament and character and its dimensions and characteristics and the factors influencing the development of personality and temperament of nations and therefore how it affects the fate of societies and their development and underdevelopment are always in the focus of social science studies and researchers The field has been historical sociology and anthropology. The subject of this research is the study of the concept of temperament and its dimensions and characteristics and why the temperamental differences between nations with each other from the perspective of Ibn Khaldun. The purpose of this research is to analyze the thoughts of Muslim social thinkers about the concept of creation. In this research, an attempt has been made to adopt a descriptive-analytical approach and to use the method of documentary study while referring to Ibn Khaldun's book "Introduction" to express his views in this regard. According to Ibn Khaldun, geographical and natural factors, social factors such as laws and lived experiences, structures and social relations and type of education and economic factors and lifestyle play an important role in the development of personality and the formation of temperaments of different societies. It seems that re-reading the texts of Muslim social thinkers and its methodical critique and study will lead to the development and expansion of social science knowledge and the opening of newer horizons in this field.
mohammad ali tavana; yazdan hashemi; javad jarideh
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Ibn Khaldun seems to be the first Muslim thinker to look at the phenomenon of war from the sociological-anthropological point of view. This article raises the following questions: 1- What explanation does Ibn Khaldun give of war? 2. What are the most important factors in the sociology-anthropology of ...
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Ibn Khaldun seems to be the first Muslim thinker to look at the phenomenon of war from the sociological-anthropological point of view. This article raises the following questions: 1- What explanation does Ibn Khaldun give of war? 2. What are the most important factors in the sociology-anthropology of Ibn Khaldun's beginning and end of the war? 3) What factors influence the outcome of the war?. The findings of this study show that Ibn Khaldun regards war as a natural phenomenon in human relations. He divides wars into legitimate and illegitimate on the basis of primitive or civilized; in Ibn Khaldun's view, wars based on primitive values are illegitimate and wars that order Are civil, legitimate. Ibn Khaldun considers the most important elements of sociology-anthropology as the initiator of illegitimate wars as the natural excess of mankind, the struggle for mere power, and the most important factors of sociology-anthropology as the initiation of war, tribal loyalty social order and the spread of religious beliefs. At the same time, he focuses on the sociological-anthropological factors of legitimate wars and illicit wars with realistic factors (such as military might) and extraneous factors (such as fortunes and secrecy);. The present paper uses text-based reading method.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
mahsomeh shafati; mahboobeh babaie
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.In this paper try to explain, with an Ibn khaldon's aprroach that mentioned, the obstacles of development in the second Pahlavi era. From Ibn Khaldun's perspective, factors such as people, political officials, beliefs, wealth, or resources, development, and justice are linked in a circular and independent. ...
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.In this paper try to explain, with an Ibn khaldon's aprroach that mentioned, the obstacles of development in the second Pahlavi era. From Ibn Khaldun's perspective, factors such as people, political officials, beliefs, wealth, or resources, development, and justice are linked in a circular and independent. They affect each other and provides grounds for positive or negative transformation. Considering that during the second Pahlavi, some components such as wealth, namely, oil money and foreign aid as constructive elements, had the potential for a positive development impact. However, these factors have made official elements dependent on the government more, and they were subordinated to the political system instead of being effective. Moreover, unofficial groups performed their duties, and the most important effects of the domination of informal groups is disregard for order and law, which provides context for avoiding positive developments. On the other hand, the improvement of the monetary situation provided context for the despotism of Mohammad Reza Shah in the late period of his rule. Meanwhile, good government in Ibn Khaldun's view is neither an interventionist government nor a dictatorial government. Therefore, the effect that the pivotal variables have on development in other variables has had a negative impact, not a turning point for development.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
gholamreza gamshidiha; younes akbari
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Explain facts from the perspective of Ibn Khaldun: (A new approach to the Moghadamah) Abstract Ibn khaldun’s science of omran has been founded based on Special methodology that understanding that logic of explain is an important step to understanding the logic of khaldun and subsequently understanding ...
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Explain facts from the perspective of Ibn Khaldun: (A new approach to the Moghadamah) Abstract Ibn khaldun’s science of omran has been founded based on Special methodology that understanding that logic of explain is an important step to understanding the logic of khaldun and subsequently understanding of phenomena that He is going to explain them. This article is going to examine how to explain fact’s by khaldun. The research method in this study is documentary. The findings indicate that explained approach of ibn khaldun in explaining the facts is rule-based or nomothetic approach that is alignment with today's conventional scientific approach. In terms of methodology, findings demonstrate that khaldunin experience reference to the frequent experience in the history, in other words, his methodology is as structures of structural approach that to followed themselves repeated specific results. From the perspective of ontology also ibn khaldun recognizes assume external reality independent of the mind.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
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Justice is a fundamental concept in Islam. Numerous thinkers have reflected upon it. The present article aims to study the meaning of justice from the perspective of Al-Farabi and Ibn Khaldun by a qualitative content analysis-based literature review, and in the end, assess their strategies of confronting ...
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Justice is a fundamental concept in Islam. Numerous thinkers have reflected upon it. The present article aims to study the meaning of justice from the perspective of Al-Farabi and Ibn Khaldun by a qualitative content analysis-based literature review, and in the end, assess their strategies of confronting injustice. It is worth noting that Al-Farabi and Ibn Khaldun belong to different historical periods, and have different views of society, class society, and humans. The goal of comparing their viewpoints is briefly focusing on their general similarities and differences. In general, these two great Islamic scholars have expressed specific philosophical points regarding justice. Considering the fact that the perspectives of these two Muslims are not limited to this world, their discourse belongs to the domain of Islamic discourse and, at times, has a divine quality. For instance, these scholars introduce justice as influenced by religion and jurisprudence, a fixed habitues of the soul; in addition, they consider absolute justice achievable only with Prophet Hood and Imam. Same as other classical philosophers, they view justice based on merits and worthiness. Al-Farabi considers justice to bear security, provided by Law. His Theory of Justice is completed with conformation of rights and the necessity of their sanction by the government. Ibn Khaldun believes social justice to mean securing the general interest, and considers it to be the basis for provision of construction and security. Therefore, the goal of this article is reviewing the meaning of justice from the viewpoints of these two Muslim scholars.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
Rasool Sadeghi
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Ibn Khaldun has played a major role in the shaping of pre-modern population theories. He has proposed some important issues and perspectives on the interaction of population dynamics and development. Thus, this paper attempts to explore Ibn Khaldun’s demographic perspectives and identify his approach ...
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Ibn Khaldun has played a major role in the shaping of pre-modern population theories. He has proposed some important issues and perspectives on the interaction of population dynamics and development. Thus, this paper attempts to explore Ibn Khaldun’s demographic perspectives and identify his approach to population and development interrelationship. The results indicate that Ibn Khaldun has introduced the dimensions and components of population growth in the context of demographic transition, and also he has discussed on the dynamic interaction of population and development. According to Ibn Khaldun, positive or negative impact of population growth on development and welfare depends on population structure and its quality on the one hand, and infrastructure conditions of society on the other hand. Therefore, Ibn Khaldun’s theory of development is based on his demographic theory. In addition, Ibn Khaldun has applied a multidimensional approach to analyze the relations between population and development. He has explained the mechanism of this relationship and its results in the connection with an array of environmental factors.
Hamid Parsania; Mohammadreza Ghaeminik
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Ibn Khaldun's ideas in his book "Muqaddimah," particularly in explaining the science of 'umran (civilization), are interconnected with disciplines such as philosophy, theology, jurisprudence, history, and related fields. This interconnection has led to multiple interpretations of his work. This article ...
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Ibn Khaldun's ideas in his book "Muqaddimah," particularly in explaining the science of 'umran (civilization), are interconnected with disciplines such as philosophy, theology, jurisprudence, history, and related fields. This interconnection has led to multiple interpretations of his work. This article aims to critique some of the assumptions and foundations presented by Muhsin Mahdi in his book "Ibn Khaldun's Philosophy of History." The article critically examines six key positions from Mahdi's perspective: The theory of prophethood The nature of Islamic society The origin of social sciences Theological theory The distinction between the logic of the city and civilization Civilization and state Mahdi, influenced by the prevailing rationality in Islamic philosophy, particularly the philosophical foundations of Ibn Rushd and Aristotle, analyzes the Muqaddimah. Therefore, critiquing Mahdi's positions is, in a way, a critique of the assumption that this type of rationality dominates the interpretation of Ibn Khaldun's ideas. The final conclusion suggests that the science of 'umran and the rationality governing Ibn Khaldun's ideas are closer to a type of rationality prevalent in Islamic religious sciences rather than the aforementioned philosophical rationality
Mohsen Saboorian
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There is a good exemplar of ‘Islamic science’ in the first centuries of the Islamic civilization. This science had at least two different features. First, it had a logical framework to testify that it is Islamic. Second, its being Islamic was, to some extent, spontaneous. Thinkers of Islamic ...
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There is a good exemplar of ‘Islamic science’ in the first centuries of the Islamic civilization. This science had at least two different features. First, it had a logical framework to testify that it is Islamic. Second, its being Islamic was, to some extent, spontaneous. Thinkers of Islamic golden ages, between 3rd to 8th centuries, were not fully aware of other civilizational forms, so, their own sciences were essentially Islamic. Farabi, among philosophers (al-Falasifa), and Ibn Khaldun, among al-‘Asha’ira, both engendered sciences which were religious in all aspects of anthropology, ontology, and epistemology. In this article, we focused on an important point in the thought of Farabi and Ibn Khaldun. That is, what is the difference between Farabi’s and Ibn Khaldun’s philosophical anthropology? And whether it is possible to have a synthetic Islamic science based on the anthropology of the two thinkers? To answer this question, we chose historical-comparative approach, to find the differences between the two approaches to a so-called Islamic science.
Ahdiyeh Asadpoor
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This study examines Ibn Khaldun's demographic ideas. In his book Muqaddimah, Ibn Khaldun addresses various population-related topics including population growth, migration, urbanization, and the impact of geographical and climatic factors on population. Key points of the abstract include: Ibn Khaldun ...
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This study examines Ibn Khaldun's demographic ideas. In his book Muqaddimah, Ibn Khaldun addresses various population-related topics including population growth, migration, urbanization, and the impact of geographical and climatic factors on population. Key points of the abstract include: Ibn Khaldun considers the interrelationship between population and socio-economic development. He explores the role of geographical and environmental factors in shaping societies and civilizations. Concepts such as asabiyyah (group feeling) and nomadism are important in Ibn Khaldun's demographic theories. Ibn Khaldun's views on urbanization and its effect on population are examined. His theories about migration and its impact on the demographic structure of societies are analyzed. This article demonstrates that Ibn Khaldun was a pioneer in demographic studies, and many of his theories are still applicable in contemporary demography.
