Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Dawood, N. J.
Nome legale: Dawood, Nessim Joseph
Altri nomi: نعيم جوزيف داوود
Data di nascita: 1927-08-27
Data di morte: 2014-11-20
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Iraq
UK
Luogo di nascita: Baghdad, Iraq
Luogo di residenza: England, UK
Istruzione: University College of the South-West, Exeter
Attività lavorative: translator
journalist

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The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History -… di Ibn Ibn Khaldûn

There are books that are good, and there are books that are magnificent. This book by Ibn Khaldun falls into the latter category. The editing and translation are superb.

After reading this abridged version, I decided that in the near future I will read the entire text.

Ibn Khaldun's thinking was far ahead of his time and is advanced even in our modern age. He was a true intellectual, whose vision went wide.

This edition focuses on the nature of civilization and is - as per the subtitle - an introduction to history.

The book does not focus on kings and queens, but not on how kingdoms and civilization developed in his part of the world. When you read this book, you get an excellent understanding of life in the Middle East at that time, what forces were at play and how the Bedouin culture interacted with the more settled urban culture.

Read this book. You will want more.… (altro)

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RajivC | 6 altre recensioni | Jul 2, 2022 |

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History -… di Ibn Ibn Khaldûn

يشيد ابن خلدون بالعقل والفكر بصفته ما يميز البشر ويرفعهم على باقي الكائنات، ويصف نشأة وسقوط الأمم انطلاقاً من العلاقة بين الفرد والجماعة، وتأثير البيئة على طبيعة البشر، فضلاً عن قواعد الاقتصاد وإدارة رأس المال.
ورغم أن عديد أفكاره يعتبر بالياً قديماً (كالدعوة إلى السلطة الملكية باعتبارها المثلى لترسيخ النظام وكبح الشر في المجتمع، واعتبار التحضر والمدنية مدمرة لذاتها، وتفضيل دوام الترحال، والكثير من الهراء الديني الممل)، يبقى كتابه هذا سابقاً لعصره، ومادة مناسبة للدارس والقارئ في التاريخ والمجتمع.… (altro)

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TonyDib | 6 altre recensioni | Jan 28, 2022 |

The Koran di N. J. Dawood

as a student of the Crusades, it seemed unwise to avoid reading the religious book of Islamic Civilization. This translation has had a long run, being first published in 1956 and still in print. The arrangement of the books is not traditional, nor strictly chronological, though generally so. The introduction bears close examination.

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DinadansFriend | 14 altre recensioni | Jul 12, 2021 |

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History di Ibn Khaldūn

Criminally ignored in history of philosophy/intellectual history, since it shockingly illustrates the different ways European & Arabic philosophy were working. This work, written in the 1300s, predates & anticipates a fantastic number of "unique" and "milestone" breakthroughs in European philosophy, including:

Limits of induction (Hume), compromise between rationalism & empiricism (Kant), inaccessibility of the noumenal world (also Kant), Labor theory of value (Smith/Marx), necessity of interpretation due to cultural/linguistic relativity (Vico/Herder), Truth as intellectual consensus conforming to empirical observation (Popper), tension between truth in text and truth in speech (Derrida), language influences thought (Whorf), the power necessarily inherent in law (Weber/Foucault)

and probably some others as well… (altro)