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Gustave Le Bon is an orientalist from the west who has a book entitled Hadlaratu Al-Arab which discusses Gustave Le Bon's views on Arab civilization, especially the progress of Arab civilization which is objectively reviewed based on data information that examines the progress of the Arab nation in terms of science, politics, economics, or art. An interesting aspect to study is Gustave Le Bon's thoughts on reviewing Islamic history from a non-Islamic perspective. This study uses a qualitative approach and library research method. The result of the research is the progress of Arab society, according to Gustave Le Bon's view as an orientalist, marked by a lot of heritage, both works of knowledge and art, which have contributed a lot to the progress of today's civilization. As for the critical analysis of Gustave Le Bon's thoughts on the work of Hadlaratul Arab, especially in the chapter of Arab Civilization, there is an analysis of positive and negative criticism.