Asabiyyah, religion and regime types: re-reading Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldūn found a “causal determinative analytical tool” to explain development, progression and disintegration of ‘umrān (lit. culture). He argued that ‘umrān comes into existence as a result of five types of causes: (1) the “ultimate or first cause,” (2) final cause, (3) efficient cause, (4) for...
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IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
2004
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/62862/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62862/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62862/1/Article-ID-2004.pdf |