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In this study two kinds of errors that exist in studies on Muqaddimah will be demonstrated. First is to evaluate Muqaddimah according to disciplines of modern social siciences like sociology, economics, politics etc. that cause anacronic point of view. Second is to compare Ibn Khaldun with western thinkers that bring western thinkers to the foregraund rather than Ibn Khaldun. This study explores Muqaddimah in its own historical contex: Ibn Khaldun criticizes the epistemology of traditional sciences and limits the field of knowledge with historical and social life. Knowledge of historical and social life is explored with a holistic approach in Muqaddimah rather than in the context of different disciplines of social sciences and encompasses all sides of social life. The aim of this study is to show that benefitting from Ibn Khaldun in a different phase of history that is currently articulated with concepts like postmodernity, globalization and age of transition can be possible by using his holistic and interdisciplinary approach.

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