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The orange trees of Marrakesh : Ibn Khaldun and the science of man /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dale, Stephen Frederic (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Ibn Khaldūn, > 1332-1406.
Ibn Khaldūn, > 1332-1406. > Kitāb al-ʻibar. > Muqaddimah.
Historiography > Africa, North.
Historians > Islamic Empire > Biography.
Islamic learning and scholarship > History.
History > Philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: principles and purpose
  • Ibn Khaldun's world
  • The two paths to knowledge
  • A scholar-official in a dangerous world
  • The method and the model
  • The rational state and the laissez faire economy
  • The science of man
  • Conclusion: a question of knowledge.