ReOrienting the Global Study of Religion - Waseem El-Rayes
Monday, September 13, 2021
Zoom:
Chair: Dyala Hamzah, Universit茅 de Montr茅al
1:30-2:45PM (Montreal)
Waseem El-Rayes, Associate Professor of Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, James Madison College, Michigan State University
Nothing Human is Forever: Ibn Khaldun and the Morals (鈥榠bar) of Cyclical History
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Abstract: This paper argues that the notion of 鈥榥othing human is forever,鈥� as a product of both religious conviction and philosophical reflection, is a key moral (or 鈥�ibra) in Ibn Khaldun鈥檚 Kitab al-鈥業bar, one that informs his understanding of the material and psychological bases for the rise and fall of political regimes. The paper outlines: 1) what makes nothing human is forever a moral, 2) how it shapes the ancient and medieval view of cyclical history, and 3) how it informs Ibn Khaldun鈥檚 philosophy of history.
