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

ISBN-13: 9781137568243 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 402 str.

Ayman Reda

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Part I— Abundance and Scarcity

1. Abundance and Scarcity: Introduction

2. Abundance and Scarcity: Greek Economic Thought

3. Abundance and Scarcity: Christian Economic Thought

4. Abundance and Scarcity: Classical Economic Thought

5. Abundance and Scarcity: Neoclassical Economic Thought

6. Critiques of the Scarcity Paradigm

7. Abundance and Scarcity: Islamic Economic Thought

Part II—Wealth and Poverty

8. Wealth and Poverty: Introduction

9. Wealth and Poverty: Greek Economic Thought

10. Wealth and Poverty: Christian Economic Thought

11. Wealth and Poverty: Classical Economic Thought

12. Wealth and Poverty: Neoclassical Economic Thought and Its Critics

13. Wealth and Poverty: Islamic Economic Thought

Part III—Charity and Usury

14. Charity and Usury: Introduction

15. Charity: An Intellectual History

16. Usury: An Intellectual History

17. Charity and Usury: Reunified

Part IV—Self-Interest and Rationality

18. Self-Interest and Rationality: Introduction

19. Self-Interest: An Intellectual History

20. Self-Interest and Rationality: The Modern Connection

21. Islam, Rationality, and Self-Interest

Part V.—Utopias and Markets

22. Utopias and Markets: Introduction 

23. Utopias

24. The Market as Utopia: The ‘Invisible Hand’ Thesis

25. Markets in Islam

O autorze

Ayman Reda is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, USA. He has a PhD in Economics from Michigan State University, and specializes in the history of Islamic economic thought. His professional record includes several articles in internationally recognized journals, conference presentations, invitations to seminars, research grants, and book reviews.

Blurb

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.