Description: "Ibn Khaldãun is one of the outstanding thinkers about the nature of society and politics in the pre-modern Arab world. This volume presents the political writings of the 14th-century philosopher, stressing their enduring relevance and exploring how his theory fits our own times"--
Brief description: Gabriel Martinez-Gros is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Paris Nanterre. In 1999 he founded and co-directed the Institute for Islam and Islamic Societies Studies (in French, IISMM), the main Department of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes dedicated to Islamic Studies. He has published twelve books, four of them inspired by Ibn Khaldûn's thought. His most recent publication is La traîne des empires (2022).