Ibn Khaldun and Anthropology: The Failure of Methodology in the Post 9/11 World

In this special section Essays on Ibn Khaldun, the author investigates the intellectual & methodological failure to explore Muslim hatred toward americans and argues that a change of framework is needed for the post 9/11 world. The Khaldunion notions of asabiyya, group loyalty, social cohesion, or solidarity are asserted to now be exaggerated to a hyperasabiyaa that disguises acts of violence. The elements of asabiyya are related to dominant themes by Marx, Weber, Pareto, Gellner, & Said. The principle of asabiyya is described in terms of social cohesion, the exclusivist principle, & the current collapse of abasiyaa in Muslim societies since the middle of the twentieth century. The global killing siege mentality that has impacted all religious communities since 9/11 is concluded to need mutual intercultural understanding such as provided by Ibn Khaldoun, more than ever before. References. J. Harwell