Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Robert Irwin
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:272 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156 |
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Category/Genre | History of religion Islam |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691197098
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Classifications | Dewey:907.202 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
5 November 2019 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the Muqaddima Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world-a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produ
Author Biography
Robert Irwin is senior research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. His many books include Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents and Memoirs of a Dervish: Sufis, Mystics, and the Sixties. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Reviews"One of the Financial Times' Best Books of the Year: Critics' Picks" "One of Asian Review of Books' Books of the Year (Biography & Memoir)"
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