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IBN HALDUN’UN METODU VE SIYASET TEORISi
Dr. Umit Hassan
mamuzin birinci béliimiinde, Ibn Haldun’un sosyal - siyasal dit
a a ee el ee oe
ee es Melee One en ee
Be, eroleadinncloncca hayati karsilar bicimde kullanmaktad:r.
Béylece, bedevilik ve hazerilik, ve «uygarlikot kargilayan bir gi
bu aeidan bakildiginda asabiyyet, «batbars toplum bicimleri-
nin aksiyon taracir. Bu bakimdan, «duygu> oldugu yolundaki yaygin kanaa-
tin aksine asabiyyer, esitlikei toplum temeli iizerinde insanlar dayanisma
etubu halinde baglayan bir aksiyon tarzidir. bn Haldun, deSigme agisin-
don, asabiyyeti devict kurulmasindaki temel olarak gérmektedir, Diger bis
deyisle, «barbarlk»in «tiyaset» Srgiitlenmesinden, «uygarlikyin yé-
netiminin tizanlifa ydnelen «miilk tabi» yonetiminden farkan: ortaya koya-
sak devlet cesitleri asal rejimleri ayirmasina ramen, sézkonusn re
jimlerin her ikisinin de temelde gig -siddet’e dayandi{ing belizimektedir.
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Ozetle, Mukaddime boyunca gériilebilece’i izete, ibn Haldun’un tsIBN HALDUN'UN METODU VE Sty ASET TEORISi 203
lim diinyasinin Gzellilderini tamamiyla kaveamsy ve daha evrensel plinda
sosyal - siyasal gereeklifin izini yakalamis olmast, kendisini sosyal
letin yapt ve dinamiklerini derinligine arasttran evrensel nitelikte bir
divzeyine ulastirmaktadir. bn Haldun’un siyaset sosyolojisi alanina éncii ola:
vak getitdigi boyutlar arasinda, iiretim iliskilerinin bittiinlesme ve dedisme
ds Onemli bir faktOr olduguna dikkati cekmesi, «Dofus toplumlarnin ye
bis toplumlarin gelismesinin anlasilmasinda ticaretin ve ticaret yollanmin
Snemini kavramis bulunmasi, «Dogu» siyasal hayatindaki miistebit yapiys
vargulamas: belirtilebilir.
THE METHOD AND POLITICAL THEORY OF IBN KHALDOUN
(A Summary)
Dr. Umit Hassan
In the first party of this study a survey is made of the variety of in-
terpretive conclusions that have been drawn from Ibn Khaldin’s socia, and
political philosophy. A- priori judgments aside, the variety in evaluation of
hn Khaldan’s work and the misleading judgments on which they are ba-
sei appear to stem from a common source. Most of the commentators of
the Mugaddima emphasize an aspect of this rather voluminous study and ig-
nore the interconnection among the parts which constitute the whole. Anot-
her problem with commentary on Ibn Khald(in is the inadequate attention
that has been paid to this methodology: without a firm grasp of his
methodology, that is an integral part of his philosophy, an analysis of his
ideas on politics and society remains of necessity natrow and partial.
Thus in the the second part of this study an attempt is made to un-
derstand the methodological - epistemological underpinnings of Ibn Khal-
dan’s work. On the one hand, Ibe Khaldin finds pure reason to be inade-
quate in constructing a social science, hence he criticizes philosophers for
relying on reason alone; on the other hand, faith, he contends is the suly
ject matter of transmitted (nagliyye) «sciences» based on Koran and the
ttaditions, and therefore remains outside the purview of the sciences. Thus
while he seperates sciences from theology, he prepares, at the same time,
a field independent of both philosophy (falsafiyya) and theology.
His scientific method relies on a ctitical approach that combines obser-
vation and reason, a sort of «tational realism», which takes a dialectial and deter-
minist view of history, and grounds that history on material foundations.
Tbe emphasis he puts oa economic, particularly production relations, as the204 Dr. Umit Hasan
dominant’ factor of social order and change constitutes the material sub-
structure of his social and political philosophy. He examines, in particular, the
modes of production that are characteristic of different forms of social
ile (baddwa ond badéra) and attempts to analyze the dynamics of transfor
nations from one mode to the other.This does not mean, however, that
the superstructural instances are ignoted by Ibn Khaldin. On the contrary
his goal is to specify the nature of the interplay among the structures
that comprise a social whole. Within such a framework the significant role
of the political structure is especially underlined.
Jn the third part, we examine the concept of asabiyya which consti-
tutes the