The concept of'umran
The heuristic knot in Ibn Khaldun
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3979517 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laroussi Amri (Tunis El Manar University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 351-361 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629380701844672 |
| OpenAlex | W2094933327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Is Ibn Khaldun relevant to the social sciences today? Yes, particularly his concept of 'umran which is at the very centre of his world view. This paper will discuss 'umran from two approaches. First, it presents a philological approach going from the root itself which means 'to fill a vacuum/void' to Ibn Khaldun's applying the term to describe movement from rural ('umran badawi) to urban ('umran hadhari). It then looks at how Ibn Khaldun applied the concept to the world that he observed. It becomes clear that Ibn Khaldun saw 'umran not as something static, a product, but rather as a dynamic process. That is precisely the value of Ibn Khaldun's sense of 'umran to our understanding of the 'social' today, one in which finality does not necessarily reside in the city. We will submit Ibn Khaldun's proposals to a comparative approach. We will compare Ibn Khaldun's proposals with the last and more recent scientific findings offered by social sciences nowadays
Epistemology · Islam · Islamic Philosophy · Knot (papermaking · Persian · Philology · Sociology · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |