{"product_id":"ibn-khaldun-paperback","title":"Ibn Khaldun - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLascoste\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIbn Khaldun, the most celebrated thinker of the Muslim Middle Ages, is the subject of this intriguing study. Lacoste opens with a general description of the Maghreb in the later Middle Ages, focusing primarily on mercantile trade, especially in gold, and the social and economic structures of tribal life. He unravels Khaldun's fascinating biography--born of an aristocratic family in Tunis in 1332, he had an extraordinary diplomatic and military career in the turbulent wars and politics of Western Islam in the fourteenth century; withdrew to a desert retreat in 1375, and finally emigrated to Egypt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLacoste then turns his attention to Ibn Khaldun's majestic \u003ci\u003eUniversal History\u003c\/i\u003e, arguably the greatest single synthesis produced by medieval thought anywhere. His account of Ibn Khaldun's thought is a remarkable, sympathetic work of recovery, not only uncovering its basic categories but exploring its contemporary relevance to an understanding of the Arab world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThinkers as diverse as Ernest Gellner and Arnold Toynbee have paid tribute to the lasting fertility of Ibn Khaldun's work. English-speaking readers now have an opportunity to appreciate some of the richness and diversity of the Arab intellectual heritage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYves Lacoste\u003c\/b\u003e is an eminent and internationally respected geographer. He is the editor of a well-known French journal, \u003ci\u003eHérodote\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of a number of works including \u003ci\u003eThe Geography of Underdevelopment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnity and Diversity of the Third World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Macey\u003c\/b\u003e translated some twenty books from French to English. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eLacan in Context\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Michel Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Frantz Fanon: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in October 2011.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180351865081,"sku":"9780860917892","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WDUrOEdRUyt2aUxsS0lZTCs5VXNaUT09.webp?v=1767737201","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ibn-khaldun-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}