In this essay I delve, through the prism of philosophy and sociology of law and politics, into the thought of the medieval Andalusian-Maghrebin thinker Ibn Khaldun. Even if he wrote in the 14th century, in fact, Ibn Khaldun has anticipated many core concepts that are characteristic to sociological and philosophical Western modern thought. I will claim that the scheme he devised for explaining the rise and fall of civilizations can be, with the due care, used to frame and understand the current moral and cultural landscape that, in a difficult dialogue, is engaging the West and the Islamic world today.
Annalisa, V. (2017). La compattezza etico-sociale e il ciclo delle civiltà. Cultura occidentale e multiculturalismo contemporaneo alla luce della lezione di Ibn Khaldun. MATERIALI PER UNA STORIA DELLA CULTURA GIURIDICA, XLVII(1), 193-217 [10.1436/86000].
La compattezza etico-sociale e il ciclo delle civiltà. Cultura occidentale e multiculturalismo contemporaneo alla luce della lezione di Ibn Khaldun
VERZA, ANNALISA
2017
Abstract
In this essay I delve, through the prism of philosophy and sociology of law and politics, into the thought of the medieval Andalusian-Maghrebin thinker Ibn Khaldun. Even if he wrote in the 14th century, in fact, Ibn Khaldun has anticipated many core concepts that are characteristic to sociological and philosophical Western modern thought. I will claim that the scheme he devised for explaining the rise and fall of civilizations can be, with the due care, used to frame and understand the current moral and cultural landscape that, in a difficult dialogue, is engaging the West and the Islamic world today.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
