Islam and the Moral Economy The Challenge of Capitalism

Name: Islam and the Moral Economy The Challenge of Capitalism
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ISBN: 9780521682442

ISBN-10: 0521682444

ISBN-13: 9780521682442

Edition: 2006

Authors: Charles Tripp

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How do modern Muslims adapt their traditions to engage with today's world? Charles Tripp's erudite and incisive book considers one of the most significant challenges faced by Muslims over the last sixty years: the challenge of capitalism. By reference to the works of noted Muslim scholars, the author shows how, faced by this challenge, these intellectuals devised a range of strategies which have enabled Muslims to remain true to their faith, whilst engaging effectively with a world not of their own making. The work is framed around the development of their ideas on Islamic socialism, economics and the rationale for Islamic banking. While some Muslims have resorted to confrontation or…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Glossary


Introduction



The 'social problem'



Discovering society



Property and social power



Education to restore the moral economy



Islamic social critics



Social solidarity



Property and its social function



The problem of money



Maslahah - society's interests



Islamic socialism



Islamic socialism and state development



Social harmony and the moral economy



Identifying Islamic sociability



Islamic economics and Islamic banks



Economics and Islamic economics



Development and efficiency



Social welfare and individual interest



Zakat and riba: instruments of the moral economy



Islamic banks: the argument for Islamic agency



Repertoires of resistance: Islamic anti-capitalism



Sayyid Qutb and Ali Shari'ati: the power of subjectivity



The 'guarded sphere': gender and action



Violence and meaning


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index