Ibn Khaldun's influence on current international relations theory

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ID3978672
AutoresJack Kalpakian, Jack Vahram Kalpakian (0000-0001-9212-1683, Al Akhawayn University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen13
Número3
Páginas363-376
Fecha de publicación2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629380701844698
OpenAlexW1973709004
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas21

Ibn Khaldun has been cited as an alternative progenitor of realism and social constructivism in the academic world of international relations. Dr Susan Strange, for example, offers him as an alternative to Machiavelli as an inspirer/foundational text author for the discipline of international relations (1995, 'Political economy and international relations', in International relations theory today, K. Booth and S. Smith, eds, University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, p. 172). This paper argues that there is great value in re-examining Ibn Khaldun's contribution in terms of his concepts of 'asabiyah, the dynastic cycle and the relationship between religion and power. A basic re-examination of the concepts reveals that they are the ancestral forms of what is called today identity, the hegemonic cycle and the notion of 'civilisations'. Keywords: international relations theoryIbn Khaldunsocial construction Additional informationNotes on contributorsJack Kalpakian Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

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