The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Bollingen)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691120544 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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From review of Princeton's original edition: "N. J. Dawood has, by skillful abridgement and deft but unobtrusive editing, produced an attractive and manageable volume, which should make the essential ideas of Ibn Khaldûn accessible to a wide circle of readers."--Times Literary SupplementFrom review of Princeton's original edition: "Undoubtedly the greatest work of its kind that has ever been created by any mind in any time or place the most comprehensive and illuminating analysis of how human affairs work that has been made anywhere."--Arnold J. Toynbee, Observer
Very educational and enlightening!! What an educational and enlightening historical work. It completely grabbed my attention from the moment I started reading it. I was also completely blown away at the depth of knowledge and philosophical subject matter that was presented. The core principles really make you thin. Esi said Impressive. There are a few books that every history/philosophy lover should have in their resources. Muqaddimah is definitely one of them. I believe that history is nothing more than exhibitions of perspective. I am glad I was introduced to this "intorduction" book and I will definitely be. Amazon Customer said Ibn-e-Khaldoon was a distinguished politician and philosopher who held many. Ibn-e-Khaldoon was a distinguished politician and philosopher who held many positions in government of Muslim empire. This book is percised translation of introduction part of the original work which runs over forty volumes. The book itself provides philosophical understanding o
The first complete English translation, by the eminent Islamicist and interpreter of Arabic literature Franz Rosenthal, was published in three volumes in 1958 as part of the Bollingen Series and received immediate acclaim in America and abroad. Lawrence, will reintroduce this seminal work to twenty-first-century students and scholars of Islam and of medieval and ancient history.. A one-volume abridged version of Rosenthal's masterful translation was first published in 1969.This new edition of the abridged version, with the addition of a key section of Rosenthal's own introduction to the three-volume edition, and with a new introduction by Bruce B. The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work laid down the foundations of s