A World History of Ancient Political Thought (review)

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-668
Author(s):  
George Backen
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
World History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Political Thought

The City and the Law. Aspects of Ibn Khaldūn’s Critique of the Philosophers

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-24
Author(s):  
Leonardo Capezzone
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
World History ◽  
The Political ◽  
Islamic Philosophy ◽  
Critical Attitude ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

Abstract The history of Khaldunian readings in the twentieth century reveals an analytical capacity of non-Orientalists definitely greater than that demonstrated by the Orientalists. The latter, at least until the 1950s, prove to be prisoners of that syndrome denounced by Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978), which projected on Islamic historical development a specificity and an alterity, which make it an exception in world history. Orientalist scholarship has often wanted to see in Ibn Khaldūn’s critical attitude to the philosophy of al-Fārābī and Averroes only the confirmation of the primacy of the sharīʿa over Platonic nomos. This article seeks to highlight some aspects of Ibn Khaldūn’s critique of classical political thought of Islamic philosophy. His critique focuses on the importance given to the juridical dimension of social becoming, and to the role of the political body of the jurists in the making of the City. Those aspects witness Ibn Khaldūn’s effort to interpret change and fractures as factors which make sense of history and decadence.

THE ESSENCE OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT POLITICAL THOUGHT

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
A. Kurmangali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Main Part ◽  
State Power ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Political Thought

Today, interest in the study of the complex and multifaceted concept of “institutions of state power” has gained particular importance. In the modern globalizing world, the problem of increasing the level of efficiency of government bodies is becoming increasingly relevant. This article proposes an author's study of the problem under consideration. The relevance of the topic of the article is not in doubt. The main aspects of the topic are analyzed and reviewed. The article examines the relevance and essence of phenomena and categories. The article attempts to summarize the discussion as the main part of the problem under study.

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