The origin and evolution of Islamic economic thought (Ph.D. Dissertation)

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Year
1991
Country
United States
Language
English
Abstract

The author attempts to resolve the controversy of the content and meaning of Islamic economics. The primary objective is to define ''Islamic economic system'' as it is explained in Islamic economic thought. The second goal of the writer is to examine the extent to which early Islamic economic thought and its ideological concepts compare to the medieval economic thought of the West. A Schupeterian approach is used to identify the term ''Islamic economy.'' The author believes that this is a neglected area of economic thought. He presents ideas on various economic subjects by Islamic scholars and refutes the thesis propounded by Meyer that Arabic, Turkish and Persian speaking East has experienced no continuity of economic ideas such as those which come from the Judeo-Christian West. He then goes on to discuss unity of economic thought between medieval West and the Muslim East, both systems being concerned with the quality of life, which in turn depended on the moral and ethical cha

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No. of Pages
240p.
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