Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’

The objective of this paper is a very modest one, namely to examine the thoughts of Ibn Khaldun on the important concept of ‘malakah’ or ‘habitus’ or ‘habit’. This will be done by concentrating on his ‘al-Muqaddimah’, letting his views shine through his actual statements from the work. This is to s...

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Main Author: Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady
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Published: Institut Islam Hadhari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2008
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1411/
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description The objective of this paper is a very modest one, namely to examine the thoughts of Ibn Khaldun on the important concept of ‘malakah’ or ‘habitus’ or ‘habit’. This will be done by concentrating on his ‘al-Muqaddimah’, letting his views shine through his actual statements from the work. This is to see how he understands the nature of this habitus, its attributes, significance and importance ,some of the factors leading to its enhancement, and factors which may hamper it. Finally its significance and relevance in relation to contemporary efforts in personality development and the enhancement of what is called ‘the human capital’, in the Islamic context, will be summarily discussed
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spelling ukm-14112011-05-20T07:37:09Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1411/ Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’ Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady, The objective of this paper is a very modest one, namely to examine the thoughts of Ibn Khaldun on the important concept of ‘malakah’ or ‘habitus’ or ‘habit’. This will be done by concentrating on his ‘al-Muqaddimah’, letting his views shine through his actual statements from the work. This is to see how he understands the nature of this habitus, its attributes, significance and importance ,some of the factors leading to its enhancement, and factors which may hamper it. Finally its significance and relevance in relation to contemporary efforts in personality development and the enhancement of what is called ‘the human capital’, in the Islamic context, will be summarily discussed Institut Islam Hadhari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady, (2008) Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’. Jurnal Hadhari . ISSN 1985-6830 http://www.ukm.my/jhadhari
spellingShingle Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady,
Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’
title Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’
title_full Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’
title_fullStr Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’
title_full_unstemmed Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’
title_short Building The Human Capital In The ‘Malakah’ Concept Of Ibn Khaldun : A Historical Study Based On His ‘Muqaddimah’
title_sort building the human capital in the ‘malakah’ concept of ibn khaldun : a historical study based on his ‘muqaddimah’
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1411/
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