Friday 30 March 2012

Greetings

Good day all,

This blog is made for all of you to explore more about Asian and Islamic Civilization in depth despite just getting knowledge from lecture class. ( ps: it is also part of our group assignment ;) )

The blogger of this blog is ;

Chor Choon Hong

Loh Suan Ni

Ng Pei Ling

Phang Xue Jian

Shanthinee Gunasakeran

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Thank you and Have a Nice Day.


Thursday 29 March 2012

WHAT IS CIVILIZATION ?


Civilization genarally defined as the achievement of human civilization in the material while didn't ignoring the spiritual aspects as a guide towards an ideal life in the world.

However, there is other opinion from philosophers in the view of Islam and West

Ibn Khaldun said that:
Umran were the term that use in the ook Muqaddimah. Umran mean land, uninhabited place, have adequate for human needs, human achievement beyond the basic needs of life of an appreciable portion so as to pave the way for the production of creative thinking and a more refined and artistic values.

Syed Naquib al-Attas
the living conditions of human society has reached the sublety of a noble morality and culture for the whole community.

Abu Bakar Hamzah
Civilization is a result of thinking of the Muslims on Islamic ad-din which includes the aspect of the material used in their daily life.

Clive Bell
in Clive Bell opinion, civilization as the criteria for community.

Redfield
In Redfield opinion, civilization as a way of criteria life.

Beatty and Johnson
while Beatty and Johnson thing that city life and wrintings are the main basis of the birth of civilization.




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