| Description |
1 online resource (153 p.) |
| Series |
Islamic Business and Finance Ser |
|
Islamic Business and Finance Ser
|
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- About the editors -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction to interest and debt -- Introduction -- The interest-bearing debt: conceptual framework -- Theory of interest -- Interest-bearing debt in ancient civilizations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Dynamics of social life in ancient Mesopotamian civilizations as historical precursors of interest/riba within ... -- Introduction |
|
Relationship between religion and society in ancient civilizations -- Temple state -- Water, state and politics -- Economy and trade -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Interest-bearing debt in ancient civilizations: Sumerian era -- Introduction -- Nature of interest-bearing debt in ancient civilizations and legal foundation -- Interest-bearing debt in Sumerian society -- Sumerian temples and interest-bearing debt -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 The merchant societies and usury: Assyrians and Babylonians -- Introduction -- Assyrian and Babylonian era |
|
Interest-bearing debt in the Assyrian and Babylonian era -- Role of temples in interest-bearing debt -- Legal arrangements on interest-bearing debt -- Goodness and changing interest rates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Social costs of interest-bearing debt in Ancient Greece -- Introduction -- Ancient Greek society and economy -- Interest-bearing debt in Ancient Greece -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Debt and politics in Ancient Rome -- Introduction -- The social structure and economic development in Ancient Rome |
|
Interest, slavery and social cost in Ancient Rome -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Interest-bearing debt in Ancient Egypt -- Introduction -- Ancient Egypt and economy -- Redistribution and the market economy -- Interest-bearing debt in Ancient Egypt -- Debt cancellation in Ancient Egypt -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Interest and debt in Ancient China -- Introduction -- Economic and social life in Ancient China -- Interest-bearing debt in Ancient China -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 Dynamics of interest-bearing debt in Hinduism |
|
Introduction -- Scriptures and reform initiatives -- Karma philosophy and caste system -- Hindu approach toward interest-bearing debt -- Types of interest in Holy Scripture and interest ban -- The variance of bans and regulations on interest and its evolution with time -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Interest and debt in Buddhist economic doctrine -- Introduction -- A doctrine of Midway in reconciliation with nature: Buddhist economy -- Money in Buddhist economy -- How Buddhism approaches debt -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
|
Chapter 11 Interest and debt in the ancient era |
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
İncekara, Ahmet
|
| ISBN |
9781000089936 |
|
1000089932 |
|
