Book Review: Foundation of Islamic Governance: A Southeast Asian Perspective

At frst, this reviewer was reluctant to pick up this book. He was not very interested in Islamic political economy and he was not sure what he could gain by reading this book. He turned out to be completely wrong. Maszlee Malik has written a superb book that provides an intellectual framework for...

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Main Author: Malik, Maszlee
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description At frst, this reviewer was reluctant to pick up this book. He was not very interested in Islamic political economy and he was not sure what he could gain by reading this book. He turned out to be completely wrong. Maszlee Malik has written a superb book that provides an intellectual framework for anyone interested in deconstructing Western paradigms in the social sciences, economics and management. He proposes an Islamic alternative that goes beyond Islamic political economy but touches at the core of how the Muslim world might look like in the future. This reviewer proposes to frst outline the various chapters before making some further observations. The book is composed of an introduction and eight chapters. These are: Introduction; Chapter 1 (Governance: Defnitions and conceptual framework); Chapter 2 (Deconstructing the concept of good governance); Chapter 3 (Religion and governance: A philosophical enquiry); Chapter 4 (Ontological and epistemological sources for Islamic governance); Chapter 5 (New approach to the texts: Epistemological methods-related concerns); Chapter 6 (Contribution of Muslim scholars in the development of knowledge base for governance); Chapter 7 (Architectonics of Islamic governance: Locating the axioms, foundational principles and working mechanisms); and Chapter 8 (Articulation of Islamic governance). The titles of the chapters indicate the only problem with the book. Its academic style can be off-putting for readers. However, once this reviewer got used to this somewhat formal style of writing, reading this book became very instructive.
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spelling my.usm.eprints.41397 http://eprints.usm.my/41397/ Book Review: Foundation of Islamic Governance: A Southeast Asian Perspective Malik, Maszlee P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) At frst, this reviewer was reluctant to pick up this book. He was not very interested in Islamic political economy and he was not sure what he could gain by reading this book. He turned out to be completely wrong. Maszlee Malik has written a superb book that provides an intellectual framework for anyone interested in deconstructing Western paradigms in the social sciences, economics and management. He proposes an Islamic alternative that goes beyond Islamic political economy but touches at the core of how the Muslim world might look like in the future. This reviewer proposes to frst outline the various chapters before making some further observations. The book is composed of an introduction and eight chapters. These are: Introduction; Chapter 1 (Governance: Defnitions and conceptual framework); Chapter 2 (Deconstructing the concept of good governance); Chapter 3 (Religion and governance: A philosophical enquiry); Chapter 4 (Ontological and epistemological sources for Islamic governance); Chapter 5 (New approach to the texts: Epistemological methods-related concerns); Chapter 6 (Contribution of Muslim scholars in the development of knowledge base for governance); Chapter 7 (Architectonics of Islamic governance: Locating the axioms, foundational principles and working mechanisms); and Chapter 8 (Articulation of Islamic governance). The titles of the chapters indicate the only problem with the book. Its academic style can be off-putting for readers. However, once this reviewer got used to this somewhat formal style of writing, reading this book became very instructive. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41397/1/IJAPS-1412018_Art.-10251-254.pdf Malik, Maszlee (2018) Book Review: Foundation of Islamic Governance: A Southeast Asian Perspective. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 14 (1). pp. 251-254. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IJAPS-1412018_Art.-10251-254.pdf
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Book Review: Foundation of Islamic Governance: A Southeast Asian Perspective
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title_full Book Review: Foundation of Islamic Governance: A Southeast Asian Perspective
title_fullStr Book Review: Foundation of Islamic Governance: A Southeast Asian Perspective
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title_short Book Review: Foundation of Islamic Governance: A Southeast Asian Perspective
title_sort book review: foundation of islamic governance: a southeast asian perspective
topic P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
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