CapX - 19 April 2015
Tensions tearing at the basis of Islamic societies are never more
acute than when stoked in the name of Islam. Idealists invoking Islam as
a lever for change spark upheavals that time and again hand power to
cynics. Looking for an explanation why Islamic societies wallow in
paralysis, some suggest Islamic societies stagnate because Islam itself
does not admit of contemplating change in society, that Islam, to put it
simply, comes without a toolkit for handling social change. To think so
is tempting – but wrong.
The very agenda of social sciences, why and how change occurs in
society, was mapped by Ibn Khaldun who produced a coherent body of
analysis of why societies rise, peak, and wane. Ibn Khaldun spread
himself across so many disciplines and spheres of work, one wonders how
so many activities fit into a single CV. Ibn Khaldun was born in 1332 in
Tunisia to a family with a tradition of diplomatic service in Spain and
the Maghrib, and he initially followed in his family’s footsteps into a
diplomatic career that took him to act as lead negotiator in several
diplomatic missions, but he fell from favour at court and chose to move
to Egypt where he served as a senior judge until his death in 1406.
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