{"product_id":"islam-and-mammon-the-economic-predicaments-of-islamism-9780691126296","title":"Islam and Mammon  The Economic Predicaments of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe doctrine of 'Islamic economics' entered debates over the social role of Islam in the mid-twentieth century. Since then it has pursued the goal of restructuring economies according to perceived Islamic teachings. This book argues that the doctrine of Islamic economics is simplistic, incoherent, and largely irrelevant to economic challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] timely book, one that just about anyone aiming to do business in the Islamic world should read... A good read.\"--Jay Palmer, Barron's \"What is Islamic banking? What is Islamic economics? Islam and Mammon ... sets out the genesis of these ideas and criticizes, severely but still sympathetically, both the performance and the underlying logic of this Islamic approach to economic activity.\"--L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs \"[Kuran's] writing is lively, his arguments are cogent, and the scholarship is wide ranging... [A] useful and understandable introduction to both the doctrines of Islamic economics and how they are related to economic behavior in predominantly Islamic nations.\"--Frederic L. Pryor, EH.NET \"The clear theme unifying these essays is that Islamic economics as such is not a genuine answer to the world's economic problems, but an 'invented tradition' that serves as an adjunct to the broader, anti-Western, Islamist (or Islamic fundamentalist) political and religious movement... Timur Kuran's book makes this case all too clearly and eloquently.\"--J. Barkley Rosser, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  CHAPTER ONE  The Economic Impact of Islamism 1  CHAPTER TWO  Islamic Economics and the Islamic Subeconomy 38  CHAPTER THREE  Islamism and Economics: Policy Prescriptions for a Free Society 55  CHAPTER FOUR  The Genesis of Islamic Economics: A Chapter in the Politics  of Muslim Identity 82  CHAPTER FIVE  The Notion of Economic Justice in Contemporary Islamic Thought 103  CHAPTER SIX  Islam and Underdevelopment: An Old Puzzle Revisited 121  Notes 149  References 169  Index 189","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359107613015,"sku":"9780691126296","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691126296.jpg?v=1754123612","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/islam-and-mammon-the-economic-predicaments-of-islamism-9780691126296","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}