The universal paradigm and the Islamic world-system : economy, society, ethics and science

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Choudhury, Masudul Alam , 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific , c2008
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Online Access:Table of contents only

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245 1 4 |a The universal paradigm and the Islamic world-system :   |b economy, society, ethics and science   |c Masudul Alam Choudhury 
260 |a Hackensack, NJ :   |b World Scientific ,   |c c2008 
300 |a xiv, 169 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Concept of worldview versus paradigm -- 3. Unity of knowledge as the worldview -- 4. Human consciousness -- 5. Islamic economics and finance : the moral basis -- 6. Tawhidi questions of technology and technological change -- 7. Human well-being adversely affected by interest-based financing -- 8. Problems of economic reasoning and the Islamic panacea -- 9. Problems of financial reasoning and the Islamic alternative -- 10. The illogical basis of interest rates -- 11. Questioning modernity by the Tawhidi worldview -- 12. Conclusion -- 13. Glossary of Arabic terms -- 14. References -- 15. Index 
650 0 |a Economics   |x Religious aspects   |x Islam 
650 0 |a Islam and science 
650 0 |a Knowledge, Theory of (Islam) 
856 4 1 |3 Table of contents only   |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0726/2007035459.html 
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