The dissertation investigates both genealogy and epistemology of the contemporary Islamic economics, analysing and comparing the two with classical Islamic economic thought and its moral philosophy... Show moreThe dissertation investigates both genealogy and epistemology of the contemporary Islamic economics, analysing and comparing the two with classical Islamic economic thought and its moral philosophy. Contemporary Islamic economics is the result of a series of processes that were set in motion by the colonization of the Muslim nations in Africa, Middle East and South (east) Asia, followed by the creation of the modern nation state. Islamic economics emerged as a distinct field of study only in the second half of the 20th century, and it has been conceptualized also within the framework of the Islamization process in the 1970s. However, by studying classical economic philosophy in Islam, the premodern economic thought thought in Islamic tradition treated economic activities primarily as a moral endeavour and hence of as part of the overall metaphysical qualities of Shari'a. Show less
On the occasion of his stepping down as the first Academic Director of ISIM and ISIM Chair at Leiden University, and to mark his resumption of full-time research, Brinkley Messick honours one of... Show moreOn the occasion of his stepping down as the first Academic Director of ISIM and ISIM Chair at Leiden University, and to mark his resumption of full-time research, Brinkley Messick honours one of our leading international scholars of the shari'a, Muhammad Khalid Masud. Messick has been closely involved in Masud's research programme 'Social Construction of Shari'a' , most recently in the workshop 'Anthropologies of Islamic Law' (see pg. 9). Show less
