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Introduction to Ibn KhaldunNotes on Bruce Lawrence’s IntroductionStructureKey termsOutline of the Muqaddima (Part 1)Full title of part 2Part 3, the autobiographical appendixStylistic characteristicsMajor question: audienceIntroduction to Ibn KhaldunCarl ErnstIntroduction to Islamic CivilizationNotes on Bruce Lawrence’s Introduction“What distinguished Ibn Khaldun was neither his Arab lineage nor his linkage to Berbers via marriage but his Mediterranean location…. [he was] heir to Greek science and Arab poetry” (vii)Toynbee: “undoubtedly the greatest work of its kind that has ever yet been created by any mind in any time or place” (A Study of History)2Structure1. Muqaddima or Introduction2. Book of Admonitions [Warnings] (Kitab al-`ibar), a history of dynasties of North Africa3. Autobiography: Information on Ibn Khaldun and his Journey (rihla) in West and East3Key terms`Asabiyya or “group feeling” (nowadays used as an Arabic translation of French fanatisme)Badawa or nomadic lifestyle (of Bedouin)`Umran or city life, i.e., civilization in the generic sense, also called hadaraMubtada` or grammatical subjectKhabar or grammatical predicateMutabaqa or conformity with experience4Outline of the Muqaddima (Part 1)1. On human civilization and the part of the earth that is civilized2. On desert civilization among tribes and savage nations3. On dynasties, caliphate, & royal authority4. On sedentary civilization, countries, cities5. On crafts and ways of making a living6. On scientes, their acquisition and study5Full title of part 2Kitab al-`ibarWa diwan al-mubtada` wal-khabarFi Ayyam al-`Arab wal-`Ajam wal-BarbarWa-man `asarahum min dhawi as-sultan al-akbarThe Book of Lessons and Archive of Early and Subsequent History, Dealing with Political Events Concerning Arabs, non-Arabs, and Berbers, and their Contemporary Supreme Rulers6Part 3, the autobiographical appendixTitle: Information on Ibn Khaldun and his Journey (rihla) in West and EastThe encounter with Timur: theory of nomadism meets practice7Stylistic characteristicsUse of new terms for a new science, charting the transition from oral to written cultureDistinction between religious tradition (such as hadith) that is known through moral exemplars and historical science known through reason and experience“Above all, he was a litterateur cast as a jurist” (xxiv)8Major question: audienceMultiple audiences?Muqaddima as intended for an elite circle, with the history (Book of Admonitions) aimed at a wider audience (xiii, note


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