Islam and the Moral Economy
Subtitle: The Challenge of Capitalism
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780521682442
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Islam; Islamic studies; Religious social & pastoral thought & activity; Economic History; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Business & Economics / Economic History; Capitalism; Economic aspects; Religious aspects
First sentence: For many of the early observers of European power in the Islamic lands, whether in the Ottoman, the Qajar or the Mughal empires, the exceptional nature of that power lay not so much in military prowess, but in the order established in the aftermath of conquest.