Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Man and His Background I. Ibn Khaldun's Life and Character II. Ibn Khaldun's Work 2. The New Science: Ilm al-Umran I. Ibn Khaldun's New Science II. Ibn Khaldun and Comte: Convergencies and Divergencies 3. Society, Culture, and Socialization I. Society: Sui generis II. Culture III. Socialization Process IV. Social Control 4. Asabiyah (Social Solidarity) 5. The Rise and Decline of the State Qualities of Rulership Factors for the Decline of the State Ibn Khaldun and Other Social Thinkers 6. The Cyclical Pattern: History as a Cycle Ibn Khaldun and Other Social Thinkers 7. Urbanization and Urbanism as a Mode of Life I. Urbanization Requirements for Town Planning Size and Density II. Urbanism as a Way of Life Ibn Khaldun and Other Writers 8. The Khaldunian Typology I. Ibn Khaldun's Badawa and Hadara II. Relation to Other Typologies 9. Summary and Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Dr. Fuad Baali is Professor of Sociology at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.

Reviews

Ilm al- 'umran is "...an independent science. This science has its own peculiar object—that is, human civilization and social organization. The discussion of this topic is something new, extraordinary, and highly useful. Penetrating research has shown the way to it." — Ibn Khaldun