Description
In this first-rate analysis, Timur Kuran provides a rigorous analytical explanation and evaluation of the 'system of thought' that has come to be known as Islamic economics and the 'economic system' that it proposes. It is refreshing to see a work that stands apart from the mishmash of cultural relativism of Islamophiles and the ideological warfare of the Islamophobes. -- Sohrab Behdad, Denison University Timur Kuran has brought serious scholarship to a subject the rest of us have lacked the skill or courage to address. Moreover, he has managed to package this major achievement in a book that is well-written, timely, and accessible to a broad audience. -- Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University
About the Author
Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Law, and King Faisal Professor of Islamic Thought and Culture, at the University of Southern California. His books include "Private Truths, Public Lies".
Reviews
"[A] timely book, one that just about anyone aiming to do business in the Islamic world should read... A good read."--Jay Palmer, Barron's "What is Islamic banking? What is Islamic economics? Islam and Mammon ... sets out the genesis of these ideas and criticizes, severely but still sympathetically, both the performance and the underlying logic of this Islamic approach to economic activity."--L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs "[Kuran's] writing is lively, his arguments are cogent, and the scholarship is wide ranging... [A] useful and understandable introduction to both the doctrines of Islamic economics and how they are related to economic behavior in predominantly Islamic nations."--Frederic L. Pryor, EH.NET "The clear theme unifying these essays is that Islamic economics as such is not a genuine answer to the world's economic problems, but an 'invented tradition' that serves as an adjunct to the broader, anti-Western, Islamist (or Islamic fundamentalist) political and religious movement... Timur Kuran's book makes this case all too clearly and eloquently."--J. Barkley Rosser, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Book Information
ISBN 9780691126296
Author Timur Kuran
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 312g