The Legacy and Legendary of Ibn Khaldun as a Fore-Runner Scholar in Sociology
The paper attempts to establish the fact that, though sociology is regarded as purely a Western enterprise but a further examination of some non-western intellectual piece would reveal the opposite. General assessment was made of Ibn-Khaldun ideas in the Muqodimat with the aid of previous scholarl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ishik University
2019-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://ijsses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/The-Legacy-and-Legendary-Of-Ibn-Khaldun-As-A-Fore-Runner-Scholar-In-Sociology.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper attempts to establish the fact that, though sociology is regarded as purely a Western
enterprise but a further examination of some non-western intellectual piece would reveal the opposite.
General assessment was made of Ibn-Khaldun ideas in the Muqodimat with the aid of previous scholarly
works that have assessed the masterpiece. Further effort was made in the paper to specifically show topical
sociological issues raised by Ibn-Khaldun. Effort was made to compare and contrast his scholarly
explanations with that of notable western sociologists. This paper shows that Ibn-Khaldun is a prominent
classical sociological figure that should be accorded a legendary position and that his masterpiece is a legacy
for present and future social engineers. Based on the relevance of Ibn-Khaldun work to the discipline of
sociology, modern sociologists should put vested interest in studying Ibn Khaldun as one of the fore runners
of the discipline. |
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| ISSN: | 2409-1294 2520-0968 |