Applying Ibn Khaldun [electronic resource] : the recovery of a lost tradition in sociology / Syed Farid Alatas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The errors of history and the new science : introduction to the Muqaddimah -- 2. Ibn Khaldåun's theory of state formation -- 3. Ibn Khaldåun and modern sociology : an aborted tradition -- 4. Pre-modern readings and applications of Ibn Khaldåun -- 5. A Khaldåunian theory of Muslim reform -- 6. Ibn Khaldåun and the Ottoman modes of production -- 7. The rise and fall of the Safavid state in a Khaldåunian framework -- 8. A Khaldåunian perspective on modern Arab states : Saudi Arabia and Syria -- 9. Towards a Khaldåunian sociology of the state -- 10. Bibliographic remarks and further reading.

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