TY - BOOK AU - Alatas,Farid TI - Applying Ibn Khaldun: the recovery of a lost tradition in sociology T2 - Routledge advances in sociology SN - 9780203093597 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Ibn Khaldåun, KW - Sociology KW - Arab countries KW - History KW - Islamic sociology KW - Social sciences KW - Philosophy KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - 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; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203093597 ER -