Civilization and the Spirit: Poetic Readings of Ibn Khaldun

Name: Civilization and the Spirit: Poetic Readings of Ibn Khaldun
Author: Imad Darouich

العمران والروح: قراءات شعرية في مقدمة ابن خلدون

Poetic readings of the Muqaddimah, which Ibn Khaldun wrote in 1377 as the introduction to his history, turning its ideas into poems: civilization as a living body that is born, ages and declines, solidarity, religion, labor, markets and knowledge. It returns to his saying that injustice heralds the ruin of civilization.

Format: PDF ebook
Languages: Arabic and English
Collection: Ideas & Philosophy

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Civilization and the Spirit: Poetic Readings of Ibn Khaldun

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