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In: THE CASPIAN REGION: Politics, Economics, Culture, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 158-165
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In: THE CASPIAN REGION: Politics, Economics, Culture, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 158-165
In: Religions ; Volume 10 ; Issue 11
This article sheds light on the way in which activities such as the production and consumption of wealth are conceptualized, interpreted and put into practice within quietist Salafist communities in France. Unlike their jihadi and politicized counterparts, quietist Salafis in lands where Islam is the minority religion are required to emigrate to where Islam is majoritarian. As this article highlights, however, migrating is not necessarily a physical process. What is interesting to underline is that most French Salafists do not perform the Hijra, and favor, for instance, economic strategies allowing them to break with the rest of French society and live in &lsquo ; isolation&rsquo ; rather than leaving France for good. Although framed as a religious duty, physical migration has been rare among French Salafist communities, whereas other forms of social rupture are emerging. The article explores in detail such economic strategies on the basis of the acceptance of neo-liberal principles allowing for what one can call an internal process of migration/isolation from French society.
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The doctrine of predestination in the Lutheran and Calvinist theology, along with the assumption of a radical separation of nature and grace as well as the material and spiritual realm, had a significant impact on social life. The salvation of the soul, the soteriological dimension of human destiny, remained dependent on the grace of God (predestination), undeserved and unfathomable. The earthly reality, the institution of the Church and good works could in no way contribute to the salvation of the soul. Martin Luther, especially at the initial stage of his reformation activities, focused on private spirituality, considering the earthly dimension of reality to be the domain of the secular power. John Calvin and his successors justified in their teachings a different attitude manifested in the interest in the earthly world based on religious ethics. The doctrine of predestination, therefore, did not result in, as one would expect, quietism but in activism. The Calvinists believed that predestination was not manifested in single good deeds but in a certain methodology of systematised life based on religious ethics. Religiousness was supposed to be expressed through activity in the world and was meant to show the glory of its Creator. Work, thrift and honesty were supposed to lead to the rebirth, i.e. "sanctification" of the world, and were the essence of what Max Weber called the spirit of capitalism. Calvinism led to changes in the approach to such economic issues as money lending at interest, work or enrichment. ; Publication of English-language versions of the volumes of the "Annales. Ethics in Economic Life" financed through contract no. 501/1/P-DUN/2017 from the funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education devoted to the promotion of scholarship.
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The doctrine of predestination in the Lutheran and Calvinist theology, along with the assumption of a radical separation of nature and grace as well as the material and spiritual realm, had a significant impact on social life. The salvation of the soul, the soteriological dimension of human destiny, remained dependent on the grace of God (predestination), undeserved and unfathomable. The earthly reality, the institution of the Church and good works could in no way contribute to the salvation of the soul. Martin Luther, especially at the initial stage of his reformation activities, focused on private spirituality, considering the earthly dimension of reality to be the domain of the secular power. John Calvin and his successors justified in their teachings a different attitude manifested in the interest in the earthly world based on religious ethics. The doctrine of predestination, therefore, did not result in, as one would expect, quietism but in activism. The Calvinists believed that predestination was not manifested in single good deeds but in a certain methodology of systematised life based on religious ethics. Religiousness was supposed to be expressed through activity in the world and was meant to show the glory of its Creator. Work, thrift and honesty were supposed to lead to the rebirth, i.e. "sanctification" of the world, and were the essence of what Max Weber called the spirit of capitalism. Calvinism led to changes in the approach to such economic issues as money lending at interest, work or enrichment.
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This article sheds light on the way in which activities such as the production and consumption of wealth are conceptualized, interpreted and put into practice within quietist Salafist communities in France. Unlike their jihadi and politicized counterparts, quietist Salafis in lands where Islam is the minority religion are required to emigrate to where Islam is majoritarian. As this article highlights, however, migrating is not necessarily a physical process. What is interesting to underline is that most French Salafists do not perform the Hijra, and favor, for instance, economic strategies allowing them to break with the rest of French society and live in 'isolation' rather than leaving France for good. Although framed as a religious duty, physical migration has been rare among French Salafist communities, whereas other forms of social rupture are emerging. The article explores in detail such economic strategies on the basis of the acceptance of neo-liberal principles allowing for what one can call an internal process of migration/isolation from French society.
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In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. 51-65
"Arthur Richs zweibändiges Meisterwerk Wirtschaftsethik (1984/ 1990) wird im Kontext der internationalen Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsethik seit den achtziger Jahren gewürdigt. Nach einer kurzen Übersicht der internationalen Entwicklung werden acht besonders wichtige Aspekte von Richs Werk für die Grundlegung der Wirtschaftsethik und für eine human-reformierte und ökologisch-regulierte Marktwirtschaft aufgezeigt." (Autorenreferat)
In: Keizaigakushi kenkyū: The history of economic thought, Volume 61, Issue 1, p. 45-65
ISSN: 1884-7358
In: Rethinking marxism: RM ; a journal of economics, culture, and society ; official journal of the Association for Economic and Social Analysis, Volume 18, Issue 2, p. 259-272
ISSN: 1475-8059
In: Rethinking marxism: RM ; a journal of economics, culture, and society, Volume 18, Issue 2, p. 259-272
ISSN: 0893-5696
In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, Volume 10, Issue 2, p. 184-202
"Various international initiatives call on business schools to direct their research and teaching so that
business ethics and corporate social responsibility gain a greater, even systematic status. This article
presents two arguments as to why business schools have an interest in responding constructively to these
claims. First, the societal environment for business has changed dramatically, thus creating new challenges
for companies. Second, economic and business ethics can be developed on grounds that are compatible
with the theoretical rational-choice paradigm underlying economics and much of management
science. Moreover, an "ordonomic" approach to business ethics can also generate valuable contributions
for a strategic management of stakeholder relations." (author's abstract)
In: Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy
In: Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy
This book presents an integration of the analysis of symbo- lic, ethical, and cultural meaning into the theory of econo- mic action. It demontrates that the scope of economics is widened by the inclusion of the cultural and ethical determinants of economic action and by bringing the ethical and cultural factors back into economics and management science. The book's contribution to business ethics and economic ethics lies in its distinctly continental European background which is often overlooked in current discussions of economic theory. The papers in this volume point to a mutual interpenetration of economics and ethics in a new synthesis of "ethical economy
In: The Chinese economy: translations and studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, p. 23-69
ISSN: 1558-0954
In: Berichte des Instituts für Wirtschaftsethik an der Hochschule St. Gallen 114
In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Volume 71, Issue 2, p. 277-280
ISSN: 1470-1162