Ibn Khaldun

Lawrence Rosen is the Cromwell Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Princeton University and Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Law at Columbia University. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Courtand has received multiple teaching awards and the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Donne Award

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on TranscriptionIntroduction: Ibn Khaldun and the Anthropological EnterpriseChapter 1. Theory as Context: The Man and His TimesChapter 2. Social Solidarity and the Theory of Cyclical HistoryChapter 3. Free Will and the IndividualChapter 4. The Anthropology of Religion: Inner States and Overt ActsChapter 5. Shari’a, Custom, and the Anthropology of LawChapter 6. Ibn Khaldun as an Arab ThinkerConclusion: The Allure of the Universal, the Tug of the ParticularAppendixReferencesIndex