Islam and the path to human and economic development
By: Abbas Mirakhor and Hossein Askari.
Contributors: Askari, Hossein.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780230103887
Subjects: Islamic sociology; Economic development -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Economics -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islam -- Economic aspects
Description: There is a cognitive deficit between the holistic vision for human and societal development in Islam and the results achieved by Muslim societies. The authors begin by looking at the Western concept of development, which in recent years has recognized the wider dimensions of human development and the role of institutions. Thus Western thinking has moved toward the Islamic vision and path of development, emphasizing human solidarity, belonging, wellbeing, sharing, concern for others, basic human entitlements, and modest living. The authors illuminate the Quranic vision and the experience of the society organized by the Prophet, which together represent the Islamic paradigm.
Table of contents: title: The evolution of the western concept of development; title: Development as human wellbeing; title: The foundational elements of development in Islam; title: The dimensions of development in Islam; title: The institutional structure of development in Islam.