Islamic economics : theory and practice /: theory and practice. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Abul Hassan and M.A. Choudhury.
• Authors: Hassan, Abul; Choudhury, M. A
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Arabic Terms; 1 How to study Islamic economics as science in reference to the qur'an and the sunnah; Learning objectives; The present state of the study of economics; The nature of Islamic economics according to the Islamic episteme; Critique of axioms and assumptions of Islamic economics borrowed from mainstream economics; For whom is this book appropriate?; Conclusion: How should this book be used?; Topics to be covered; Introduction; The foundational issues Contrasting Islamic and mainstream theoretical issues: microeconomicsContrasting Islamic and mainstream theoretical issues: macroeconomics; Public finance in Islam; Students' preparation; Notes; References; 2 Ethics in Islamic economics; Learning objectives; Introduction; Background; The ethics of economics; What is Islamic economics?; Features of Islamic economics; The ethical dimensions of Islamic economics; The objective (maqasid) of Islamic economics; Philosophically based objectives; Operationally based objectives; Why Islamic economics?; Conclusion; References 3 Islamic economic methodologyLearning objectives; On methodology in Western thought; Examples: Bringing out the meaning of methodology in Western thought; Analytical definition of methodology in Western thought and Islamic rebuttal; Islamic rebuttal of Kantian idea of rationalism; The impossibility of obtaining unity of knowledge as the methodological core of scientific holism; Endogeneity, multi-causality, and unity of knowledge in scientific methodology; An example of the Western and Islamic methodological contrasts of socio-scientific meaning; Reason via rationalism Completion of reasoningRationality via reasoning and rationalism; Rationality derived from rationalism; Procedural rationality; Consequentialist rationality; The postulates of mainstream economic rationality contra knowledge-induced theory; David Hume's a posteriori materialism in socio-scientific methodology; Summary of Western methodology in reference to Kant and Hume; Summarizing Kant and Hume's rationalist thought; Rationalism, reason, and economic rationality: summary; Other definitions; Unity of knowledge; Circular causation; Continuity and reversibility The Islamic monotheistic law as the methodological worldview contrasting with Western thoughtMethodological formulation of socio-scientific relations according to Islamic analytics; The well-being function in the Islamic monotheism knowledge plane; Methodology and method; Identification of the postulates of Islamic socio-scientific (economic) rationality; Exercise; Conclusion; Chapter summary: the foundational issues; Notes; References; 4 The scope of Islamic economics; Learning objectives; The nature of morality and ethics in economic theory; Some necessary definitions; Morals and ethics
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 297.19785; Economics -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islam -- Economic aspects; RELIGION / Islam / General; Economics -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islam -- Economic aspects; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429777936; 0429777930
• Related ISBNs: 9781138362413; 1138362433; 9781138362437
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 22, 2019).
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