27,054 research outputs found
ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
Interview with Ahmed Mohamed Adam
No full textتقرير قامت به عائشة رافع عن زيارة وزير الخارجية الصومالي أحمد محمد آدم للقاهرة، والأوضاع التخريبية في العاصمة الصومالية مقديشيو بسبب تردي الحالة الإقتصادية في البلاد. كما يطلب معونات غذائية وصحية أساسية للصومال.A report by Aisha Rafi on the visit of Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Mohamed Adam to Cairo, and the instability that the Somali capital, Mogadishu, is experiencing due to the deteriorating economic situation in the country. Adam called on Egypt to provide basic food and health aid for Somalia
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood In several Middle Eastern countries
No full textThe Muslim Brotherhood is a very influential organization throughout the Middle East, with Members and branches in more than eighty countries such as Hamas in Palestine, Ennahda in Tunisia, and The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. They had been able to remain intact throughout the years from the day the organization was founded more than eighty years ago in 1928 and after so many years of prosecution by regimes throughout the Middle East. The upspring or what came to be known as the Arab Spring that took place throughout the Middle East which started in Tunisia and spread out through the Middle East eliminated some of the old regimes in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya which allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to rise to power after being a banned organization and gain the benefit of political power of these revolution which had started out as a secular movement. This had led to speculation that the Muslim Brotherhood stole the revolution. And now that they are in power which they had gained through free election, there is speculation that they are seizing control with their fundamentalist ideology. The United States as a key international players is trying to figure out ways to deal with the Muslim Brotherhood out of fear for creating more instability in a region that is already instable especially in the Palestinian – Israeli situation, and especially that the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood condemns the existence of the State of Israel. The United States is trying to ensure that the organization would not seize control over these countries and make it difficult for other secular political groups to compete with them making it difficult to move the organization from power if the people are not satisfied with its performance. Islamist political parties in the Middle East now form an important part of the political landscape. Previously operating as opposition movements outside the formal process, parties stemming from these movements have succeeded in recent years in countries including Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Palestine. The political involvement of such Islamist parties such as The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafies comes with a price, but the inclusion of such Islamist parties is a crucial and a very important step in the development of the democratic system. The Muslim Brotherhood is considered the parent of many of the Islamist political parties in the region, Such as Hamas in Palestine, and The Ennahda party in Tunisia.M.A.L.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Ahmed M Ada
The Role of Zakat in Poverty Alleviation in Somalia "Analytical Study on Islamic Economics"
No full textThe Role of Zakat in Poverty Alleviation in Somalia “Analytical Study on Islamic Economics”
Mr. Adam Ahmed Hussein
Head department quality control, Mogadishu Universit
Abdelghani Ahmed-Bioud, avec la collaboration de Hassen Hanafi et Habid Feki, 3200 revues et journaux arabes de 1800 à 1965
No full textAdam André. Abdelghani Ahmed-Bioud, avec la collaboration de Hassen Hanafi et Habid Feki, 3200 revues et journaux arabes de 1800 à 1965. In: Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée, n°8, 1970. pp. 171-172
Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
No full textThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
Adam and the devil
No full textTale-telling. Session organised in the language assistant's house. Some members of his family were present.Porcupine used to be the king of the animals, but when Adam came on earth, with the help of Dog he became the new ruler. But the devil left his children with him and in order not to take care of them he killed them and ate them, which was just what the devil wanted him to do
- …
