TY - BOOK ID - 2927601 TI - A critique of the origins of Islamic economic thought PY - 1995 VL - 11 SN - 09292403 SN - 9004100792 9789004100794 9789004492929 9004492925 PB - Leiden: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Economics KW - Islam KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam. KW - Economic aspects. KW - History. KW - -Economics KW - -Islam KW - -AA / International- internationaal KW - ARB / Arab Countries KW - 330.00 KW - 330.40 KW - Mohammedanism KW - Muhammadanism KW - Muslimism KW - Mussulmanism KW - Religions KW - Muslims KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Social sciences KW - Economic man KW - Geschiedenis van het economisch en sociaal denken KW - Evolution historique de la pensée économique et sociale: généralités KW - History of the economic and social thinking KW - 330.40 Geschiedenis van het economisch en sociaal denken KW - 330.40 Evolution historique de la pensée économique et sociale: généralités KW - 330.40 History of the economic and social thinking KW - History KW - Economic aspects KW - Economische en sociale theorieën: algemeenheden. KW - Geschiedenis van het economisch en sociaal denken. KW - AA / International- internationaal KW - Islam and economics KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Economische en sociale theorieën: algemeenheden KW - Islamic Empire KW - Economics - Religious aspects - Islam. KW - Islam - Economic aspects. KW - Economics - Islamic Empire - History. KW - Économie politique KW - Empire islamique KW - Aspect religieux KW - Pays islamiques KW - Histoire KW - Aspect économique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2927601 AB - The possible indebtedness of political economy to fourth-century Greek thinkers has been widely debated; the contribution of Islam, on the other hand, is consistently forgotten. This volume addresses this neglect by examining in three parts the following questions: Is there a school of economic thought that can be considered specifically 'Arab', or have the Arabs succeeded in combining the Greek heritage with other, more oriental currents? Muslim economic thought has enriched the Hellenic contribution to economic thought in the areas of government of the kingdom by the caliph, of the city and the household organisation; the Arab concept of tadbîr should be examined in relation to each of these three levels. In rejecting profit, usury, egoism and monopoly, and in preaching moderation, altruism, the practice of fair prices, and unselfishness, Islam inaugurated an 'economic system' which has derived from that of the Greeks and which laid the basis for pre-capitalist thought. ER -