Ibn Khaldun in early German-language sociological theory
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In the course of recent debates, Ibn Khaldun has been (re-)claimed not as a precursor, but one “founding fathers” sociology. This entails suspicion that Khaldun’s legacy, especially his Muqaddima an important reference in foundational phase modern European sociology, sidelined construction sociological canon and thus remains unacknowledged source today. paper presents historical case South-North reception theory. A systematic assessment early German-language sociology reveals while acknowledgment was quantitatively rather low, it indeed qualitatively interesting. particular, two sociologists, Ludwig Gumplowicz Franz Oppenheimer, mobilized references to Muqadimma context their “sociological theory state.” They discovered fundamental theoretical convergence between approach Arab scholar. Against ahistorical philosophical idea state non-historical juridical state, both authors defended state. It is conquest tribe over another with aim economic exploitation through political subjugation gives rise Here, appeared particularly reliable reference. His works Oppenheimer also sheds different light on much-voiced refusal imported social being irrelevant.
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عنوان ژورنال: Revue D'histoire Des Sciences Humaines
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1622-468X', '1963-1022']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/rhsh.7467