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Islamska politička ekonomija
Islamic Political Economy

Author(s): Dragan Veselinov
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Definition of islamic political economy; Riba; Gharar; Zakat; Arabian economists; islamic banking; perfect market; muslim theology and science; development of the modern islamic economy; redefinition of islam

Summary/Abstract: This essay deals with the origin, principles and progress of the islamic political economy. It defines the theological and theoretical basics of islamic Shariah and its links with the economic development. This paper points out on the leading rules of the ontological islamic understanding of work, production, commerce, banking and other economic activities. This study deals with early forms of islamic economic development, as well as contemporary one, and defines its global trend going towards an Euroamerican model of economic life. It explains the causes of the rise and fall of the traditional islamic economy. This study defines antagonisms between islamic fate and economics in islamic countries.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 187-214
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Serbian