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Islam and Mammon : the economic predicaments of Islamism /
The 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 establishme...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The 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 ir |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 194 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-188) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400837359 1400837359 1282964615 9781282964617 9786612964619 6612964618 |