Islam and the Moral Economy
Subtitle: The Challenge of Capitalism
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780521863773
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.