Conceptions of Justice from Earliest History to Islam

• Main Authors: Mirakhor, Abbas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Askari, Hossein (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Political Economy of Islam
• Subjects: Political economy.; International Political Economy.

This book examines the conceptions of justice from Zarathustra to Islam. The text explores the conceptions of justice by Zarathustra, Ancient Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, Noah, Abraham, and Moses. During the Axial Age (800-200BCE), the focus of justice is in India, China, and Greece. In the post-Axial...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Chapter 1: Introduction
• 2. Chapter 2: Conception of Justice-Pre-Axial Age
• 3. Chapter 3: Conception of Justice-Pre-Axial India
• 4. Chapter 4: Conception of Justice-Pre-Axial Mesopotamia
• 5. Chapter 5: Conception of Justice-Pre-Axial-Noah, Abraham, Moses
• 6. Chapter 6: Conception of Justice-Axial Age India, China, Greece
• 7. Chapter 7: Conception of Justice-Post-Axial Age Christianity
• 8. Chapter 8: Islam and the Conception of Justice
• 9. Chapter 9: Earlier Muslim Scholars and Philosophers on Justice
• 10. Chapter 10: Conclusion.