It is generally believed that sociology originated in Europe in the 19th century and the paternity of the discipline is commonly attributed to the French sociologist August Comte. However, reflections of a sociological nature were observed and found in the work of 14th century North African historian and philosopher Ibn Khaldun. However, such contribution of Ibn Khaldun is little acknowledged by European scholars in their works. Therefore, this paper attempts to examine how Eurocentrism is embedded in the writing of the European scholars and unpacks the contribution of Ibn Khaldun in the growth of Sociology. In the first part of essay, I argue that the perspective of European scholars are mainly Eurocentric and parochial in their accounts on culture, language and other aspects of non-European society. In the second part of the essay, I argue Ibn Khaldun's contribution to the field of sociology is largely ignored, though his contributions dealt with the society and human character, political organization and government, differences between rural and urban populations, kinship, social solidarity, and the interplay between economic conditions and social organizations. Nevertheless, I argue that though Ibn Khaldun's ideas have hugely impressed some of European thinkers in the 19th century prompting them to regard him as the progenitor of sociology, question remains as to how his ideas and theories have been appropriated by contemporary social scientists in their works.
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机译：人们普遍认为，社会学起源于19世纪的欧洲，该学科的父子通常归因于法国社会学家August August Comte。但是，在14世纪北非历史学家和哲学家伊本·哈尔登（Ibn Khaldun）的作品中，观察到并发现了社会学性质的反映。但是，伊本·哈勒敦（Ibn Khaldun）的这种贡献很少得到欧洲学者的认可。因此，本文试图检验欧洲中心主义如何嵌入欧洲学者的著作中，并揭示伊本·哈勒敦在社会学发展中的贡献。在本文的第一部分，我认为欧洲学者对文化，语言和非欧洲社会其他方面的看法主要是以欧洲为中心和狭och的。在文章的第二部分，我认为伊本·哈尔登（Ibn Khaldun）对社会学领域的贡献被忽略了，尽管他的贡献涉及社会和人格，政治组织和政府，城乡人口之间的差异，亲属关系，社会团结，以及经济状况和社会组织之间的相互作用。尽管如此，我认为尽管伊本·卡尔顿的思想给19世纪的欧洲思想家留下了深刻的印象，促使他们将他视为社会学的始祖，但仍然存在着关于当代社会科学家如何将他的思想和理论运用到他们的作品中的问题。 。
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