Corporate Islam, Global Capitalism and the Performance of Economic Moralities. Issue 3 (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rethel, Lena
• Is Part Of: New political economy. Volume 24:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 350
• Page End: 364
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Islam -- capitalism -- global economic governance -- identity economy -- conference ethnography; Economics -- Periodicals; International economic relations -- Periodicals; 330.05
• DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2018.1446925
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-3467

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recent years have witnessed the rapid expansion of the Islamic economy, which by some estimates has reached a size of US$4 trillion. The growth of the Islamic economy presents an intriguing test case for the compatibility of global capitalism and moral – in this case specifically Islamic – principles. This article adopts a performative lens to draw attention to the role of the World Islamic Economic Forum and the Global Islamic Economy Summit as legitimation mechanisms celebrating economic diversity and the success of Muslim- entrepreneurs with the aim of increasing the visibility of the Islamic economy. Here, a polyphony of Muslim voices is sought to be consolidated into the voice of 'business Islam', with important implications for how the Islamic economy is conceived, defined and delineated.