The Making of Islamic Economic Thought: Islamization, Law, and Moral Discourses

Sami Al-Daghistani

The Making of Islamic Economic Thought: Islamization, Law, and Moral Discourses - 323 p., 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Economic thought in Islamic tradition is not about economics as we understand it in modern terms, with respect to material prosperity, economic development, and consumption and transfer of wealth. In fact, one could state that economic thought analyzed by classical Muslim scholars is the least concerned with such pursuits. Rather, it pertains to much broader human and Divine relations, as well as behavioural patterns of spiritual, metaphysical, and above all, moral qualities, irreducible only to the natural order"--




Economics--Religious aspects--Islam
Islam--Economic aspects
Wealth--Religious aspects--Islam
Islamic law--Economic aspects