1st Edition

Methodology of Islamic Economics Problems and Solutions

Edited By Necmettin Kizilkaya Copyright 2020
368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

In its pursuit to equip the reader with a basic knowledge of Islamic economics, this book divulges the micro-foundations of the discipline, and highlights the predominant schools of thought that exist in the field. It explains, in simple terms, what Islamic economics entails and how it can be studied as a science in relation to the Holy Quran, the Sunnah and the Islamic intellectual tradition... Read more

Preface.  Part I: Foundational Issues and Questions. 1: Methodology of Islamic economics: Is the subject worth discussing?  2: The methodology of third-generation Islamic economics.  3: The purpose of Islamic economics: Sunnatullah (Sunnah of Allah).  4: Dilemmas of Islamic economics.  Part II: Foundations.  5: Usul Al-Iqtisad approach in developing the foundations of Islamic economics discipline.  6: Islamic economics as an integrated social science: Novel ideas on its foundations.  Part III: Islamic economics and Fiqh.  7: Islamic economics’ methodology and Fiqh.  8: The maqasid-based methodology of Islamic economics.  9: Economic salafism: Scientific amnesia in modern Islamic economic studies.  Part IV: Encounters.  10: Comparative understanding of the socio-scientific process: Islam and Occidentalism.  11: A review of methodological issues in conventional and Islamic economics: A methodology for Islamic economics.  12: Sources of dualism in modern rationalist thought: Implications for Islamic economics.  13: Hamlet’s ghost, Orientalism and the tragedy of Islamic economics.  14: Methodological trends in studies on Islamic economics in Turkey: A critical evaluation.



Biography

Necmettin Kizilkaya is an Associate Professor of Islamic Law in the Faculty of Theology, Istanbul University, Turkey.