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Is secularism history?

Thesis Eleven 128 (1):126-140 (2015)

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  1. Where does group solidarity come from? Gellner and Ibn Khaldun revisited.Siniša Malešević - 2015 - Thesis Eleven 128 (1):85-99.
    Gellner relied extensively on the work of Ibn Khaldun to understand both the dynamics of social order in North Africa and Islam’s alleged resistance to secularization. However, what the two scholars also shared is their focus on the social origins and functions of group solidarity. For Ibn Khaldun the concept of asabiyyah was central in understanding the strength of long-term group loyalties. In his view, asabiyyah was a fundamental and elementary cohesive bond of human societies which originated in nomadic tribal (...)
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