Islamic World-System A Study in Polity-Market Interaction

Name: Islamic World-System A Study in Polity-Market Interaction
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ISBN: 9780415321471

ISBN-10: 0415321476

ISBN-13: 9780415321471

Edition: 2003

Authors: Masudul Alam Choudhury

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This highly original book presents an alternative vision of globalization and explores the epistemology, derived from theQur'anand the Prophetic guidanceSunnah, that underpins the systemic unity at the heart of the Islamic concept of world-system. Choudhury's investigation reveals the ethical foundations that influence the development of law, markets and social contract in Islamic societies. He then applies his methodology to issues and problems such as property rights, money, political economy, technology diffusion, microenterprise development and asset evaluation. This book demonstrates that the Islamic world-system acquires its meaning from a single, integrated framework of…

Book details

List price: $225.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/13/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of figures


Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Theoretical perspectives



A theory of the Islamic world-system



A formal model of the Islamic world-system



An evaluation of the occidental world-system



Applied perspectives



A general systems theory of knowledge: application to family and ecology



The world-system according to Ibn Khaldun's Prolegomena comparatively viewed



The Islamic political economy of property and property rights: concepts and application



Micro-money: Islamic perspective



An overlapping generation valuation model with debt-equity swaps



A knowledge model of layers of techniques



Conclusion


Glossary of selected Arabic terms


Index