LEADER 04209nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910785590803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-96461-5 010 $a9786612964619 010 $a1-4008-3735-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837359 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067466 035 $a(EBL)646766 035 $a(OCoLC)701704273 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470502 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11312098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470502 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413281 035 $a(PQKB)10799524 035 $a(OCoLC)713352482 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43115 035 $a(DE-B1597)453583 035 $a(OCoLC)979779870 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837359 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL646766 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10442067 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL296461 035 $z(PPN)195537637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC646766 035 $a(PPN)18795657X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067466 100 $a20030722d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIslam and Mammon$b[electronic resource] $ethe economic predicaments of Islamism /$fTimur Kuran 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11510-9 311 $a0-691-12629-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe economic impact of Islamism -- Islamic economics and the Islamic subeconomy -- Islamism and economics : policy prescriptions for a free society -- The genesis of Islamic economics : a chapter in the politics of Muslim identity -- The notion of economic justice in contemporary Islamic thought -- Islam and underdevelopment : an old puzzle revisited. 330 $aThe doctrine of "Islamic economics" entered debates over the social role of Islam in the mid-twentieth century. Since then it has pursued the goal of restructuring economies according to perceived Islamic teachings. Beyond its most visible practical achievement--the establishment of Islamic banks meant to avoid interest--it has promoted Islamic norms of economic behavior and founded redistribution systems modeled after early Islamic fiscal practices. In this bold and timely critique, Timur Kuran argues that the doctrine of Islamic economics is simplistic, incoherent, and largely irrelevant to present economic challenges. Observing that few Muslims take it seriously, he also finds that its practical applications have had no discernible effects on efficiency, growth, or poverty reduction. Why, then, has Islamic economics enjoyed any appeal at all? Kuran's answer is that the real purpose of Islamic economics has not been economic improvement but cultivation of a distinct Islamic identity to resist cultural globalization. The Islamic subeconomies that have sprung up across the Islamic world are commonly viewed as manifestations of Islamic economics. In reality, Kuran demonstrates, they emerged to meet the economic aspirations of socially marginalized groups. The Islamic enterprises that form these subeconomies provide advancement opportunities to the disadvantaged. By enhancing interpersonal trust, they also facilitate intragroup transactions. These findings raise the question of whether there exist links between Islam and economic performance. Exploring these links in relation to the long-unsettled question of why the Islamic world became underdeveloped, Kuran identifies several pertinent social mechanisms, some beneficial to economic development, others harmful. 606 $aEconomics$zIslamic countries 606 $aEconomics$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aIslam$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEconomics 615 0$aEconomics$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aIslam$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a330.917/67 700 $aKuran$b Timur$0145510 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785590803321 996 $aIslam and Mammon$91105046 997 $aUNINA