‘Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), the founder of the science of society, became known to modern sociologists during the formative period of sociology, that is, the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. There was something of a reception of Ibn Khaldun in Europe at that time by sociologists and other scholars who were not necessarily involved with Islamic or West Asian studies. In fact, the reception of Ibn Khaldun by modern scholars in the West can be differentiated into Eurocentric or Orientalist as opposed to more disciplinary attitudes. While much has been said about the Eurocentric reception of Ibn Khaldun, less is discussed about the disciplinary approach to Ibn Khaldun among thinkers who wrote when the modern science of sociology was emerging in Europe. This special issue on Ibn Khaldun in the Formative Period of Sociology provides English translations of six articles originally written in Italian, French, German, Polish, Spanish and Turkish between 1896 and 1934. Not all of these articles were written by sociologists. Together, they provide some background as to how Ibn Khaldun was conceived of in non-area studies circles, in the social sciences and humanities.

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阅读社会学形成时期的伊本·赫勒敦

社会科学的创始人阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼·伊本·赫勒敦（Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun，1332-1406 年）在社会学形成时期，即 19 世纪末和 20 世纪初，为现代社会学家所熟知。当时在欧洲，社会学家和其他不一定参与伊斯兰或西亚研究的学者对伊本·赫勒敦颇有好感。事实上，西方现代学者对伊本·赫勒敦的接受可以区分为欧洲中心主义或东方主义，而不是更多的学科态度。尽管对伊本·赫勒敦以欧洲为中心的接受已经说了很多，但在现代社会学在欧洲兴起时写作的思想家对伊本·赫勒敦的学科方法的讨论却很少。这本关于社会学形成时期伊本·赫勒敦的特刊提供了 1896 年至 1934 年间最初用意大利语、法语、德语、波兰语、西班牙语和土耳其语撰写的六篇文章的英文翻译。并非所有这些文章都是由社会学家撰写的。它们共同提供了一些背景，说明伊本·赫勒敦是如何在非领域研究界、社会科学和人文学科中构思出来的。