Islamic World-System - A Study in Polity-Market Interaction

Informationen zum Autor Masudul Alam Choudhury is Professor of Economics at the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, and the University College of Cape Breton, Canada. Klappentext This highly original book presents an alternative vision of globalization and explores the epistemology, derived from the Qur'an and the Prophetic guidance Sunnah, that underpins the systemic unity at the heart of the Islamic concept of world-system. Choudhury's investigation reveals the ethical foundations that influence the development of law, markets and social contract in Islamic societies. He then applies his methodology to issues and problems such as property rights, money, political economy, technology diffusion, microenterprise development and asset evaluation. Zusammenfassung This book explores the epistemology, derived from the Qur'an and the Prophetic guidance Sunnah, that underpins the systemic unity at the heart of the Islamic concept of world-system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives 1. A Theory of the Islamic World-System 2. A Formal Model of the Islamic World-System 3. An Evaluation of the Occidental World-System Part 2: Applied Perspectives 4. A General Systems Theory of Knowledge: Application to Family and Ecology 5. The World-System According IBN Khaldun's Prolegomena comparatively viewed 6. The Islamic Political Economy of Property and Property Rights: Concepts and Application 7. Micro-Money: Islamic Perspective 8. An Overlapping Generation Valuation Model with Debt-Equity Swaps 9. A Knowledge Model of Layers of Techniques 10. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: M. Choudhury, Masudul Alam Choudhury, Choudhury Masud, CHOUDHURY MASUDUL ALAM
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2003
• EAN: 9780415321471
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32147-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledgecurzon Advances in Mi; Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies; Routledgecurzon Advances in Mi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Bezug zum Islam und islamischen Gruppen, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy