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050 00 $aHB126.3$b.B33 1995
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100 1 $aBaeck, Louis.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79103576
245 14 $aThe Mediterranean tradition in economic thought /$cLouis Baeck.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c1994.
263 $a9502
300 $aix, 241 pages ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.
520 8 $aThe Mediterranean Tradition in Economic Thought surveys the development of this tradition over four millennia. It considers the economic context of the scriptures of the Mesopotamian civilizations, Pharaonic Egypt and the Biblical peoples and the contributions of the Greeks and Romans, and their influence on Islamic civilization and on the Medieval scholastics.
520 8 $aThe flowering of the school of Salamanca as recently as the seventeenth century demonstrates how long-lived the tradition was, and throughout, the author demonstrates how these ideas continue to survive and resurface, citing the renewed interest in the ethical dimension of economics, the revival of interest in the history of Islamic thought, and the re-emergence of Slavophile doctrines in contemporary Russia.
520 $aIt has become commonplace to consider economic thought as if it were almost entirely an Anglo-American affair, with only cursory references to economic thinking before Adam Smith. However, each of the civilizations that flourished in the Mediterranean basin long before the rise of the Atlantic economies left a rich legacy of thinking on economic affairs. This tradition is rooted in politics, ethics and religion: it was a more complete view than ours.
505 0 $aI. The Mediterranean Tradition. Mediterranean economic thought and Atlantic economics. The roots of the tradition. What is in the term 'tradition'. The revival of the Mediterranean tradition. The reading of ancient texts. Economic humanism: a new theme -- II. The Near Eastern Precursors. The dawn of civilization. The Mesopotamian legal tradition. Pharaonic Egypt. The biblical tradition -- III. The Contribution of the Greek Essayists and Philosophers. The emergence of rationalism and securalism. Essayists and pamphleteers in fourth-century Athens. Plato's anti-economic tradition. Aristotle explores the economy. The historical trajectory of Aristotle's analysis -- IV. The Economic Thought of Classical Islam and Its Revival. Islam as a force in history. The sources and their interpretation. Law, jurisprudence and 'hisbah'. The Persian tradition. Kalam and Falsafa. The global vision of Ibn Khaldun. Transfer channels and impact in the West. The revival of the Islamic tradition.
505 8 $aV. The Economic Impact of the Cistercian Order. The Weber thesis revisited. Historical background. The Cistercians and the rural economy. A prototype of multinational agribusiness. The development trap of the twelfth century. As innovative corporate culture and structure. The transition to the late Middle Ages -- VI. Medieval Thought in the Latin West. The late blooming of the Latin West. The Roman legists. The teaching of the canonists. The contribution of scholastic theology. Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas. The Languedocian Franciscan P. J. Olivi. Money and the abuse of power. The turn towards modern times -- VII. Iberian Monetarism and Development Theories of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
650 0 $aEconomics$zArab countries$xHistory.
650 0 $aEconomics$zMediterranean Region$xHistory.
650 0 $aEconomics$zEurope, Southern$xHistory.
650 0 $aCivilization, Arab$xGreek influences.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026442
852 00 $bglx$hHB126.3$i.B33 1994