{"product_id":"ibn-khaldun-and-the-social-sciences-discourse-on-the-condition-of-im-possibility-hardback-9781509551354","title":"Ibn Khaldun and the Social Sciences; Discourse on the Condition of Im-possibility (Hardback) 9781509551354","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIbn Khaldun and the Social Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiscourse on the Condition of Im-possibility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJavad Tabatabai (Author), Philip Grant (Translated by), Milad Odabaei (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509551354, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.8 x 3.3 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"After Kant and Foucault, here is Javad Tabatabai’s version of \u003ci\u003eWhat is Enlightenment?\u003c\/i\u003e Tabatabai demonstrates that despite his undeniable genius, Ibn Khaldun, considered the founder of social sciences in the XIVth century, was unable to operate the critical revolution that his vision of science required. More than a book on Iran though, and a reflection on all its epistemological obstacles, Tabatabai's masterpiece offers a profound meditation on the creative resources that secretly hide behind any condition of impossibility.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Malabou, Professor of Philosophy, Kingston University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eArabic and European studies of Ibn Khaldun, the great medieval polymath, follow one of two paths. In one direction, scholars interpret his \u003ci\u003eMuqaddimah\u003c\/i\u003e (‘Prolegomenon’), written in 1377, as the point at which the new social sciences emerged. They identify Ibn Khaldun’s ‘new science of culture’ as sociology or as an ‘Islamic’ alternative to sociology. In the other direction, the interpretation of Khaldunian discourse is confined to the Islamic–Aristotelian paradigm of its time. The epistemological novelty of the \u003ci\u003eMuqaddimah\u003c\/i\u003e is dismissed and the science of culture is perceived as a minor contribution to the Aristotelian curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharting a different path, Javad Tabatabai’s highly original book is an enquiry into the condition of the im-possibility of the social sciences in the Islamic–Aristotelian paradigm. It theorizes the condition of im-possibility of the ‘scientific revolution’ as the ‘epistemic obstacle’ to modernity in Islamic civilization. This theorization revisits Michel Foucault’s discussion of the condition of possibility of the human sciences in light of the history of Christian–Aristotelian thought and the broader French debates about epistemology from Bachelard to Althusser.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJavad Tabatabai offers a critical theory of tradition and modernity in the Middle East, elaborating on a historical situation where social and human sciences emerged by way of colonial and post-colonial translations of discourse from Europe, and in a historical and epistemological break with inherited traditions of knowledge. In this situation, Tabatabai highlights the significance of reactivating Ibn Khaldun’s critical reckoning with the limit of inherited traditions as the political-theological horizon of renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:EU:0e69f75f-da98-4c9a-94a1-57cb490c3949\"\u003eTranslator’s Notes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Milad Odabaei\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: Discourse on the Conditions of Im-possibility\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Ibn Khaldun and Tradition\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: The Theological Bases of Ibn Khaldun’s Social Thought\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: On the ‘Sociology’ of the Philosophers of the Islamic Period\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: Ibn Khaldun’s Social Theory\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six: The Theoretical Basis of the Social Sciences\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven: The Theory of Justice in Ibn Khaldun’s Thought\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eight: Ibn Khaldun’s Theory of Luxury\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Nine: On Ibn Khaldun’s ‘Economic’ Theory\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441811550488,"sku":"9781509551354","price":46.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509551354.jpg?v=1785026632","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ibn-khaldun-and-the-social-sciences-discourse-on-the-condition-of-im-possibility-hardback-9781509551354","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}