Economic Thinking of Arab Muslim Writers During the Nineteenth Century (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought)

by Abdul Azim Islahi

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Islahi explores the economic ideas of nine Arab writers of diverse fields and from different regions: Ibn Abidin and al-Kawakibi from Syria, al-Shawkani from Yemen, al-Tunisi and al-Khamis from Tunisia, al-Tahtawi, Mubark, al-Nadim, and Abduh from Egypt.

The author highlights that economic issues had become the common concern of the nineteenth-century 'ulama' (religious sages), scholars, statesmen and literati. This was a new trend, not seen in previous centuries, which Islahi calls 'the awakening phase' in the history of Islam in which three types of stirring were observed: intellectual, economic and Islamic awakening - a phenomenon that caused the development of modern Islamic economics in the twentieth century.

This book makes an important and unique contribution to the history of Islamic economic thought.

  • ISBN10 1137553219
  • ISBN13 9781137553218
  • Publish Date 16 September 2015 (first published 14 January 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan