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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797225903321

Titolo

Islamic economics : basic concepts, new thinking and future directions / / edited by Taha Egri and Necmettin Kızılkaya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-7920-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

330.0917671

Soggetti

Economics - Islamic countries

Economics - Religious aspects - Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1; REVISITING THE FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS AND THOUGHTS IN ISLAMIC ECONOMICS; RE-DEFINING ISLAMIC ECONOMICS; ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND ITS FUTURE; HOW CAN "ISLAMIC ECONOMICS" BE POSSIBLE?; PART 2; HUMAN POTENTIAL,WELL BEING AND PHILANTHROPY; THE ROLE OF FIQH IN ISLAMIC FINANCE; CONCEPTS IN ISLAMIC ECONOMICS REVISITED; ISLAMIC ECONOMICS ASSUMPTIONS REVISITED; THE POLITICAL ECONOMYOF INSTITUTIONALISM; CONCLUSION; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Studies conducted in the field of Islamic economics lose their relevance over time. Works examining Islamic economics since the 1970's have been co-opted by the existing economic system and have become limited to a large extent, as they are now only concerned with financial transactions. In fact, ""Islamic economics"" as a concept should actually be conceptualized as an alternative economic system. However, because of the financial and commercial transactions implemented in daily economic life, ...