Ibn Khaldun: Asabiyah in Politics (video lecture)
Channel: Inventing Civilization
Date: 2016-11-15

Ibn Khaldun was the world's first true historian and an unparalleled sociologist. He thought of history as something worth studying - rather than simply narrating - and his views on human nature led him to some remarkable conclusions on politics and the state. In this video, we explore his use of the term “asabiyah” (social solidarity) and how, according to Khaldun, it lay at the heart of the question why nations rise and fall.

This is Episode 04 in the series Medieval Thought on the political science channel Inventing Civilization.

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Suggested reference (APA):
Lou, E. [Inventing Civilization]. (2016-11-15). Ibn Khaldun: Asabiyah in Politics (video lecture) [video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/1SCyLfR-ck8

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If this video has sparked your interest in Ibn Khaldun and you'd like to learn more, you might enjoy reading one or more of the following works:

Translations:

Khaldun, I. (1967) The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. (F. Rosenthal, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Secondary literature:

Enan, M.A. (1997). Ibn Khaldun: His Life and Works. New Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.

Rabi, M.M. (1967). The Political Theory of Ibn Khaldun. Leiden: Brill.

Al-Azmeh, A. (1982). Ibn Khaldun. London: Routledge.

Baali, F. (1988). Society, State and Urbanism: Ibn Khaldun's Sociological Thought. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Lacoste, Y. (1984). Ibn Khaldun: The Birth of History and the Past of the Third World. London: Verso.

Mahdi, M.S. (1971). Ibn Khaldun's Philosophy of History: A Study in the Philosophic Foundation of the Science of Culture. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.