Political Thought in Classical Islam. Human society as an object of study in Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah

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Beatriz Bissio

Abstract

In the 14th century, when Islamic society was experiencing, for different reasons, an introspective stage, Ibn Khaldun wrote a deeply innovative work. In this article we demonstrate how the author unveils a Islamic based worldview rendering of human society, presenting the social transformation dynamics as consequence of struggle for power.

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East- West

Author Biography

Beatriz Bissio, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and at the Graduate Program in Comparative History and deputy director of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil.

How to Cite

Political Thought in Classical Islam. Human society as an object of study in Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah. EXILIUM Journal of Contemporary Studies, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 3, p. 63–82, 2021. DOI: 10.34024/exilium.v2i1.12881. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/exilium/article/view/12881. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.