Ibn Khaldūn and Karl Marx Philosophy of History in face of Gaza in Palestine

Author
Detlev Quintern
Department of Cultural and Social Studies, Turkish German University, Istanbul
Abstract
Ibn Khaldūn and Karl Marx developed a philosophy of history in times and places that fall far apart. While Khaldūn understood the core of historical movements in values of social cohesion and solidarity (asabiyya), Marx based historical materialism on the development of productive forces throughout human history. Social cohesion as a driving force of history versus the history of class struggles which led to a circular conception of history on the one hand and a linear one on the other. In the face of genocide carried out with artificial intelligence in Gaza in Palestine, and the projection of dystopian urban designs of a Sunrise City in Gaza, philosophy of history is challenged to reflect on the course of history and to think about possible alternatives.
Keywords
Ibn Khaldūn
Asabiyya
Karl Marx
Philosophy of history
Gaza in Palestine
Imperiocene
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