Abstract:

Fast and detailed constructive process forced by the global change and transformation that are gone through penetrates not only to thepolitical, cultural and economical affairs but also basic philosophical, particularly epistemological perceptions, and this situation necessitates a total and interdisciplinary approaches fort he analysis of the questioned process. In this respect, Ibn Khaldun, a 14th century Islam philosopher, who explains the social change/transformation using conceptual theory “asabiyyah” and evaluates transformation as an inner variable connected to the whole other factors in the system, put forward a political philosophy that are considered as a source of analyzes which could overcome the impasse experienced by the current modern political philosophy. The main purpose of this study is to examine the “asabiyyah” concept theorized by Ibn Khaldun in his famous work The Muqaddimah for putting forth the change and transformations of tribes, communities and societies, and to analyze if this concept could be posed forth as a new political theory in line with explaining of the changes for modern societies.

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