medievalists.net/2026/10/why-ibn-khaldun-still-matters-600-years-later Why Ibn Khaldun Still Matters 600 Years Later
A 14th-century scholar who buried family lost to plague and a shipwreck built a theory of why empires collapse, centered on "asabiyyah," or group solidarity. A new 16-chapter volume argues his framework still explains taxation, leadership and social decay today.
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