Economic Thinking Of Arab Muslim Writers During The Nineteenth Century (palgrave Studies In The History Of Economic Thought Series)

Islahi Explores The State Of Arab Muslim Economic Thinking In The 19th Century. Investigating The Works Of Nine Distinguished Arab Writers From Various Fields, Islahi Concludes That The Intellectual, Economic And Islamic Awakening Seen In The 19th Century Paved The Way For The Development Of Islamic Economics In The 20th Century. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Nineteenth Century Arab World: An Overview -- 3. Thinking On Economic Issues In A Traditional Way: Al-shawkani And Ibn Abidin -- 4. The Economic Thought Of Azharite Scholars -- Rifa'ah Al-tahtawa And Muhammad Abduh -- 5. The Economic Ideas Of Two Tunisian Statesmen: Khayr Al-din Al-tunisi And Bayram Al-khamis -- 6. The Economic Thinking Of Arab Literati: Mubarak, Al-nadim, And Al-kawakibi -- 7. Conclusion. By Abdul Azim Islahi. Islahi explores the economic ideas of nine Arab writers of diverse fields and from different regions: Ibn Abidin and al-Kawakibi from Syria, al-Shawkani from Yemen, al-Tunisi and al-Khamis from Tunisia, al-Tahtawi, Mubark, al-Nadim, and Abduh from Egypt. The author highlights that economic issues had become the common concern of the nineteenth-century?ulama' (religious sages), scholars, statesmen and literati. This was a new trend, not seen in previous centuries, which Islahi calls 'the awakening phase' in the history of Islam in which three types of stirring were observed: intellectual, economic and Islamic awakening -- a phenomenon that caused the development of modern Islamic economics in the twentieth century. This book makes an important and unique contribution to the history of Islamic economic thought Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-5 The Nineteenth Century Arab World: An Overview....Pages 6-25 Thinking on Economic Issues in a Traditional Way: Al-Shawkani and Ibn Abidin....Pages 26-41 The Economic Thought of Azharite Scholars: Rifāʿah al-Tahtawi and Muhammad Abduh....Pages 42-77 The Economic Ideas of Two Tunisian Statesmen: Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and Bayram al-Khamis....Pages 78-105 The Economic Thinking of Arab Literati: Mubarak, al-Nadim and al-Kawakibi....Pages 106-131 Conclusion....Pages 132-138 Back Matter....Pages 139-165 "Islahi explores the state of Arab Muslim economic thinking in the 19th century. Investigating the works of nine distinguished Arab writers from various fields, Islahi concludes that the intellectual, economic and Islamic awakening seen in the 19th century paved the way for the development of Islamic economics in the 20th century"-- Publisher's website