Pastoralism and Pilgrimage : Ibn Khaldūn’s Bayt-State Model and the Rise of Arabian Kingdoms

Some 600 years ago, Arab historian Ibn Khaldūn wrote a theory of history in which he suggested a cyclical model of state formation and dissolution linked to ‘aṣabīyah, translated as "group feeling." ‘Aṣabīyah is born out of shared desert hardship among the mobile bedouin, kinship relations...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current Anthropology. - The University of Chicago Press. - 54(2013), 5, Seite 607-641
1. Verfasser: McCorriston, Joy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Current Anthropology
Schlagworte:Religion Physical sciences Arts Social sciences Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Health sciences