{"product_id":"ibn-khaldun-9780691174662","title":"Ibn Khaldun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the Financial Times' Best Books of the Year: Critics' Picks\"\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Asian Review of Books' Books of the Year (Biography \u0026amp; Memoir)\"\u003cbr\u003e\"In Robert Irwin, Ibn Khaldun has finally found a biographer and interpreter almost as versatile and learned as he was himself.\"\u003cb\u003e---Eric Ormsby, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A compelling new account of the 14th-century Arab historian and polymath. . . . Irwin has produced an exemplary work.\"\u003cb\u003e---Gavin Jacobson, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As an introduction to Ibn Khaldun’s fascinating life and times, his ideas, and how they have been understood and misunderstood over the centuries, you could hardly wish for something better.\"\u003cb\u003e---Thomas Small, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Irwin wears his immense erudition lightly and gives an often very funny account of how orientalists, historians and modern Arab nationalist have interpreted Ibn Khaldun’s most famous work. . . . Irwin offers his readers a superb work of intellectual recovery, one which presents Ibn Khaldun as a creature of his time. . . . He has resurrected for us the medieval Muslim mind.\"\u003cb\u003e---Francis Ghilès, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIbn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography \u003c\/i\u003eis both an introduction to his work and an intervention into Ibn Khaldun studies.\"\u003cb\u003e---Sameer Rahim, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The great merit of \u003ci\u003eIbn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography \u003c\/i\u003eis that it encourages us to treat the intellectual history of the Islamic world not as a battleground for contemporary ideological struggles but as a subject worthy of investigation in its own right.\"\u003cb\u003e---Fitzroy Morrissey, \u003ci\u003eStandpoint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Irwin’s book lives up to its name. . . . [It is] a work that will be of interest not only to students of Islamic intellectual history, but also to students of historiography, sociology, and anthropology. Irwin’s writing is accessible to all levels of readership. Well suited for seminar discussions, as it offers much to debate.\"\u003cb\u003e---T.M. May, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Irwin’s portrait of the philosopher is beautifully written, intriguing, stimulating and movingly intimate.\"\u003cb\u003e---Doris Behrens-Abouseif, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In his highly readable appraisal of Ibn Khaldun’s life and work, Robert Irwin sets out to demythologize and, at the same time, remystify a man whose mind was formed far from the seminar rooms of 20th-century social science. . . . [C]oncise and compelling.\"\u003cb\u003e---Nile Green, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I did enjoy this style of biography as Irwin brought the mind of Ibn Khaldun into focus and showed the genius that [is] worthy of standing with other ‘well-regarded’ thinkers of the past.\"\u003cb\u003e---Gaele Hince, \u003ci\u003eI am, Indeed blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is entertaining and thought-provoking in itself; it is not the last word but provides a fascinating guide to further reading.\"\u003cb\u003e---Patrick Manning, \u003ci\u003eConnections\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Irwin's book is very informative and well-argued in addressing the life and works of Ibn Khaldun in both historical and intellectual contexts.\"\u003cb\u003e---Fadi Zatari, \u003ci\u003eInsight Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book engages the mind in a positive way and provides an academic but highly accessible introduction to a complex topic.\"\u003cb\u003e---Abdullah Drury, \u003ci\u003eIslam and Christian-Muslim Relations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A noteworthy contribution to this ever-growing literature about Ibn Khaldun’s life, ideas and scholarly influence.\"\u003cb\u003e---Prof Dr Oktay F. Tanrisever, \u003ci\u003eRest Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Irwin’s book is useful, engaging, commendable, and important. Given how Ibn Khaldun used to be misread, Irwin’s is a necessary book.\"\u003cb\u003e---Ephraim Nissan, \u003ci\u003eQuaderni di Studi Indo-Mediterranei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865536639319,"sku":"9780691174662","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691174662.jpg?v=1722274445","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ibn-khaldun-9780691174662","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}