Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought
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Economic Thinking of Arab Muslim Writers During the Nineteenth Century
by Abdul Azim Islahi
Published 14 January 2014
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.
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.