Dialectic of Umran in Ibn Khaldun and Social Change

In the last three decades, historical j o.iology bas appeared as a dis.plneconcentrating on social change as its subject matter. the notion of'tsocia!change has, however, been in the center ofibn kbaldun's new science.theph/pose ofthispaperis to elaborate on ibn kbaldun's theory ofsoaalchange (umran) and its implicationsfor contemporary soaaithought.