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Masudul Alam Choudhury
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University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Canada
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxii
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Back Matter
Pages 185-210
About this book
There has been a great revival of interest in recent years in the concerns of Islamic political economy after several hundred years of hiatus in its long history. The independence of Muslim countries and the revival of Islamic movements around the world have been among the factors encouraging new interest among the Muslims and others in how economies and economic theory can be brought into line with the Islamic vision of a just society. Masudul Alam Choudhury shows that the contribution which Islamic political economy can make requires a study first of epistemological principles, about the purpose and sources of knowledge, the role of reason and the relationship between self-and social-interest in human affairs. The conclusions which arise from this analysis - about the role and limits of markets, the goal of combining efficiency and equity and the means of doing so with state provision of welfare everywhere in crisis - will prove illuminating to all of those interested in Islamic studies and political economy as well as to other observers and analysts of contemporary society.
Authors and Affiliations
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University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Canada
Masudul Alam Choudhury
About the author
MASUDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre of Humanomics at the University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also edits the international journal Humanomics. Between 1969 and 1995, Professor Choudhury has served in various teaching and research capacities including at King Abdulaziz University, University of Toronto, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Islamic Development Bank. Professor Choudhury has published twenty books and a large number of articles in professional journals internationally . His most recent work comprises six volumes along with a preliminary booklet entitled The Epistemological Foundations of Islamic Economic, Social and Scientific order, and was published by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries in Ankara, Turkey.
