Islam, capitalism and the Weber theses

Turner, Bryan S.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01243.x

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“…This corresponds closely with Weber's original conception of rational-legalism as being characterized by universalism, clarity of concepts, replicability and logic (Turner, 2010a). As Weber (1978, pp.…”

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Clarifying Islamic perspectives on leadership

Almoharby

Neal

2013

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

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Purpose -This study aims to clarify current thinking about Islamic leadership by returning to the original texts of Islam, the Qur'an and the hadith. These are analysed to identify foundational Islamic leadership prototypes, concepts and ideas. In so doing, the article provides original analysis of the foundations of Islamic leadership, so as to inform current debates about leadership in Islamic regions and communities. Design/methodology/approach -The study consists of content analysis of the Qur'an and the hadith, to identify key concepts within these texts, concerning the nature of leadership. The methodological aim is to develop characterisations of Islamic leadership prototypes that are recognisable to practising Muslims today. In order to ensure this, the content analyses have been presented to academic seminar groups and conferences and refined through subsequent discussions. Findings -Islamic leadership does not rely for its legitimacy upon traditional authority, but rather on rational-legal systems based on unity of purpose, acknowledgement of the one God, and the foundational example of Prophet Muhammad, whose referent and charismatic authority lives on in discussions of the sunnah and the hadith. It is thus vital to refine external or "etic" characterisations of Islamic leadership with an appreciation of leadership prototypes in the Qur'an, the sunnah and hadith.Research limitations/implications -The scope of this study is limited by the subject matter, the investigation of leadership prototypes in the Qur'an and the hadith. This means that the consideration of historically more recent Islamic thinking about leadership has been left to subsequent study. Practical implications -Implications for subsequent researchers are the need for critical clarity in discussions of "Islamic" or "Muslim" leadership. Another significant implication comes with the recognition of the overwhelming importance of the Prophet Muhammad's life and sayings in laying the parameters for the subsequent Muslim discussions of leadership. Originality/value -This is the first use of content analysis to examine the foundational leadership prototypes and concepts embedded in the Qur'an and the hadith, and thus to analyse the Prophet Muhammad as a referent and charismatic leader, whose life set the parameters for the subsequent understanding of Islamic leadership.

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Clarifying Islamic perspectives on leadership

Almoharby

Neal

2013

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

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“…He surmised that the “discerning element” of Western law, the unique feature that set it apart from other, non‐Western legal systems and that enabled the emergence of modernity and capitalism, was its rationality. In other words, Weber contended that Western law underwent distinctive processes of rationalization that systematized, bureaucratized, and formalized it, thus making it more predictable—all crucial elements for the development of capitalist enterprise (Collins, 1980; Ewing, 1987; Kronman, 1983; Trubek, 1972; Turner, 1974b; Weber, 1968, pp. 813–845).…”

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Kadijustiz in the ecclesiastical courts: Naming, blaming, reclaiming

Shahar

Yefet

2022

Law Soc Rev

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The article analyzes Israel's ecclesiastical court system through the prism of Weberian theory to both empirical and theoretical ends. On the empirical level, it aims to illuminate a grossly understudied socio‐legal arena—the communal Christian courts in the Middle‐East. On the theoretical level, it seeks to reclaim the Weberian concept ofkadijustiz, which refers to “formally irrational” legal systems. In recent decades, scholars have engaged in a process of “blaming” that discredited the conceptualization of Islamic law askadijustizand resulted in the concept's erasure from socio‐legal theory. After renaming it to the more neutral and non‐Orientalistrichterjustiz, we employ this new‐old concept to analyze Israel's ecclesiastical courts and demonstrate its theoretical and analytical merits. The article concludes with several theoretical propositions, which draw on the empirical case study and contribute to the refinement of Weberian theory.

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“…За исключением нескольких исследований, то есть отдельных авторов, которые занялись изучением данной проблемы [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9], социология ислама по Веберу остается на периферии современных социологических работ. Одной из причин такого положения вещей в мировом академическом сообществе, вероятно, является тот факт, что Вебер не завершил собственную научную работу по исламу, хотя и собирался это сделать [7, p. 130; 8, p. 196; 9, p. 327] 2 . Другими словами, его размышления об исламе необходимо вниматель-НАУКА.…”

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Modern oriental reading (reception) of Islam in the works of Max Weber

Ajzenhamer

2021

Science. Culture. Society

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In this paper we analyse Max Weber's view on Islam as a religion of warriors who lived at the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century, and also, we analyse this interpretation in the context of Edward Said’s (orientalistic) theoretical approach. The first part of the paper presents various aspects of the analysis of Islam by Max Weber, which must be taken into the context of comparative theology, that is, in the light of considering the characteristics of Islam against the background of other world religions. In the second part of the work, we will analyse the concept of Said’s orientalism. We will construct the framework of moderate orientalism, which, according to the author of this paper, is an important conceptual adjustment that can contribute to a better understanding and analysis of various oriental discourses, including Weber discourse. Taking into account that we are talking about the most influential classics sociologists, especially in the case of the sociology of religion, it is very important to critically analyse his understanding of Islam so that we can determine which of his conclusions are significant for the sociology of religion and the sociology of Islam today, and which of his hypotheses can we attribute to some kind of reductionism or orientalism.

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Islam, capitalism and the Weber theses

Cited by 20 publications

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Clarifying Islamic perspectives on leadership

Clarifying Islamic perspectives on leadership

Kadijustiz in the ecclesiastical courts: Naming, blaming, reclaiming

Modern oriental reading (reception) of Islam in the works of Max Weber

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