Prophecy, Piety, and Profits: A Conceptual and Comparative History of Islamic Economic Thought

This book examines, in greater depth than the existing literature, the history of Islamic economic thought. It seeks to introduce Islamic views to debates surrounding critical economic concepts, such as scarcity, wealth, poverty, charity, usury, self-interest, rationality, and markets. It does so th...

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Autor principal: Reda, Ayman (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2018
En:Año: 2018
Colección / Revista:Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics
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Springer eBook Collection Economics and Finance
Otras palabras clave:B Economics
B Religión History
B Islam
B Islamisches Wirtschaftssystem
B Ökonomische Ideengeschichte
B Middle East—Economic conditions
B Economic history
B International economics
Acceso en línea: Portada
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 978-1-137-56824-3
Printed edition: 9781137568243
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Sumario:This book examines, in greater depth than the existing literature, the history of Islamic economic thought. It seeks to introduce Islamic views to debates surrounding critical economic concepts, such as scarcity, wealth, poverty, charity, usury, self-interest, rationality, and markets. It does so through a comparative analysis with the views of Judaic, Christian, and secular economic thought. “Prophecy” is meant to signify the theoretical dimension of religion, while “piety” represents its practical element; neither part is feasible without the other. Together, prophecy and piety inform the Islamic view of economic concepts and phenomena. This view seeks to adjust our approach to profits, both in this world and the next, and seeks to reexamine what is truly profitable and worthy of sacrifice
ISBN:1137568259
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56825-0