Islam and Capitalism

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978. First American Paperback Edition. Octavo in wraps; 308 pp; 21 cm Good(+)(+); slight toning and foxing to wraps; mild foxing to textblock, else pages clean; binding tight. Paperback. ISBN: 0292738161

Discusses historical and theoretical background, industrialization and capitalist means of production in Arab country and relations between economic development and socialism, Marxism, Islamic religion and ideology, cultural factors and political aspects. | Contents: The problem stated. What is capitalism?. What Islam prescribes. The Koran and the Sunnah; An ideal of social justice?. Economic practice in the Muslim world of the Middle Ages. The capitalistic sector; Feudalism or Asiatic mode of production?; A just society?. The influence of Muslim ideology generally in the economic field. The ideology of the Koran; Post-Koranic Muslim ideology. Islam and capitalism in the Muslim countries today. Origination from within or from without?; Influence of the Muslim religion?; A Muslim path for capitalism? Conclusions and prospects. Correlations and priorities; Illusions and mystifications; Islam and socialism. Translated by Brian Pearce