The universal paradigm and the Islamic world-system: economy, society, ethics and science
Masudul Alam Choudhury
The universal paradigm and the Islamic world-system: economy, society, ethics and science
Author
Masudul Alam ChoudhuryPublisher
World ScientificEdition 1
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Title and Author
The universal paradigm and the Islamic world-system: economy, society, ethics and science / Masudul Alam ChoudhuryPublication Details
هاکنساک : World Scientific، 2007مPhysical Description
xiv, 169 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Economics Religious aspects IslamIslam and science
Knowledge, Theory of(Islam)
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 951-661( and index.
Contents
List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword / by Burhanuddin Abdullah -- Introduction -- Concept of worldview versus paradigm -- Unity of knowledge as the worldview -- Human consciousness -- Islamic economics and finance : the moral basis -- Tawhidi questions of technology and technological change -- Human well-being adversely affected by interest-based financing -- Problems of economic reasoning and the Islamic panacea -- Problems of financial reasoning and the Islamic alternative -- The illogical basis of interest rates -- Questioning modernity by the Tawhidi worldview -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Arabic terms -- References -- Index