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اقتصادنا: دراسة موضوعية تتناول بالنقد والبحث المذاهب الاقتصادية للماركسية والرأسمالية والإسلام في أسسها الفكرية وتفاصيلها.
كنا على موعد منذ أن افترقنا في كتاب "فلسفتنا"، فقد حدثتكم أن "فلسفتنا" هي الحلقةا لأولى من دراساتنا الإسلامية، بوصفها دراسة تعالج الصرح الإسلامي الشامخ، الصرح العقائدي للتوحيد، وتتلوها بعد ذلك الدراسات التي تتعلق بالبنيات الفوقية في ذلك الصرح.
قلنا هذا في مقدمة "فلسفتنا" وكنا نقدر أن يكون كتاب "مجتمعنا" هو الدراسة الثانية في بحوثنا، نتناول فيها أفكار الإسلام عن الغنسان وحياته الاجتماعية، وطريقته في تحليل المركب الاجتماعي وتفسيره، ولكن شائت رغبة القراء... more اقتصادنا: دراسة موضوعية تتناول بالنقد والبحث المذاهب الاقتصادية للماركسية والرأسمالية والإسلام في أسسها الفكرية وتفاصيلها.
كنا على موعد منذ أن افترقنا في كتاب "فلسفتنا"، فقد حدثتكم أن "فلسفتنا" هي الحلقةا لأولى من دراساتنا الإسلامية، بوصفها دراسة تعالج الصرح الإسلامي الشامخ، الصرح العقائدي للتوحيد، وتتلوها بعد ذلك الدراسات التي تتعلق بالبنيات الفوقية في ذلك الصرح.
قلنا هذا في مقدمة "فلسفتنا" وكنا نقدر أن يكون كتاب "مجتمعنا" هو الدراسة الثانية في بحوثنا، نتناول فيها أفكار الإسلام عن الغنسان وحياته الاجتماعية، وطريقته في تحليل المركب الاجتماعي وتفسيره، ولكن شائت رغبة القراء الملحة أن نؤجل "مجتمعنا"، ونبدأ بإصدار "اقتصادنا".
هذا الكتاب لا يتناول السطح الظاهري للاقتصاد الإسلامي فحسب، ولا يعنى بصبه في قالب أدبي حاشد بالكلمات الضخمة والتعميمات الجوفاء، وإنما هو محاولة بدائية للغوص إلى أعماق الفكرة الاقتصادية في الإسلام، وصبها في قالب فكري ليقوم على أساسها صرح شامخ للاقتصاد الإسلامي، ثري بفلسفته وأفكاره الأساسية، واضح في طابعه ومعالمه واتجاهاته العامة، محدد في علاقته وموقفه من سائر المذاهب الاقتصادية الكبرى، مرتبط بالتركيب العضوي الكامل للإسلام. less 
Chibli MallatThis book was published in 1959-61 by a young scholar who proved to be the ‘prize of the Islamic university’, as Khumaini called him when he learnt of his execution, aged 45, by Saddam Hussein in April 1980. My first serious book was on Sadr’s views on the constitution, the economic system and banking (The Renewal of Islamic Law, 1993). He was then pretty much unknown outside Shi’ite circles, and... (Source)
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This powerfully argued appraisal of judicial review may change the face of American law. Written for layman and scholar alike, the book addresses one of the most important issues facing Americans today: within what guidelines shall the Supreme Court apply the strictures of the Constitution to the complexities of modern life?
Until now legal experts have proposed two basic approaches to the Constitution. The first, "interpretivism," maintains that we should stick as closely as possible to what is explicit in the document itself. The second, predominant in recent academic theorizing,... more This powerfully argued appraisal of judicial review may change the face of American law. Written for layman and scholar alike, the book addresses one of the most important issues facing Americans today: within what guidelines shall the Supreme Court apply the strictures of the Constitution to the complexities of modern life?
Until now legal experts have proposed two basic approaches to the Constitution. The first, "interpretivism," maintains that we should stick as closely as possible to what is explicit in the document itself. The second, predominant in recent academic theorizing, argues that the courts should be guided by what they see as the fundamental values of American society. John Hart Ely demonstrates that both of these approaches are inherently incomplete and inadequate. Democracy and Distrust sets forth a new and persuasive basis for determining the role of the Supreme Court today.
Ely's proposal is centered on the view that the Court should devote itself to assuring majority governance while protecting minority rights. "The Constitution," he writes, "has proceeded from the sensible assumption that an effective majority will not unreasonably threaten its own rights, and has sought to assure that such a majority not systematically treat others less well than it treats itself. It has done so by structuring decision processes at all levels in an attempt to ensure, first, that everyone's interests will be represented when decisions are made, and second, that the application of those decisions will not be manipulated so as to reintroduce in practice the sort of discrimination that is impermissible in theory."
Thus, Ely's emphasis is on the procedural side of due process, on the preservation of governmental structure rather than on the recognition of elusive social values. At the same time, his approach is free of interpretivism's rigidity because it is fully responsive to the changing wishes of a popular majority. Consequently, his book will have a profound impact on legal opinion at all levels--from experts in constitutional law, to lawyers with general practices, to concerned citizens watching the bewildering changes in American law. less Chibli MallatOf the immense legal literature on US democracy and the role of the American Supreme Court, this is the one book that has most profoundly affected my understanding of the rule of law, and of the role of the judges in compensating for the failures of democracy. Since reading this I have remained under the spell of the unique quality of constitutional writing in America, especially by my colleagues... (Source)
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Chibli MallatThis is by the Lebanese socialist leader who was assassinated in 1977 by those in power in Syria. It is not his best book. The book is posthumous, and the editor has done a poor job. But it still holds profound reflections on the deadlocks which Joumblatt fought against all his life, and which we continue to fight against 30 years later: authoritarian Arab states, the distortion and damnation of... (Source)
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Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Felix Guattari (1930-1992) was a psychoanalyst at the la Borde Clinic, as well as being a major social theorist and radical activist.
A Thousand Plateaus is part of Deleuze and Guattari's landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia - a project that still sets the terms of contemporary philosophical debate. A Thousand Plateaus provides a compelling analysis of social... more Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Felix Guattari (1930-1992) was a psychoanalyst at the la Borde Clinic, as well as being a major social theorist and radical activist.
A Thousand Plateaus is part of Deleuze and Guattari's landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia - a project that still sets the terms of contemporary philosophical debate. A Thousand Plateaus provides a compelling analysis of social phenomena and offers fresh alternatives for thinking about philosophy and culture. Its radical perspective provides a toolbox for nomadic thought and has had a galvanizing influence on today's anti-capitalist movement.
Translated by Brian Massumi less Chibli MallatYes, my interest in Deleuze started when I read his Proust et les Signes in high school in Paris in 1977. He was still relatively unknown outside France. Since then I have pillaged his extraordinary conceptual coinage – I use ‘Thousand Planes’ (my translation of Mille Plateaux) in my Introduction to Middle Eastern Law as a holding concept for 4,000 years of Middle Eastern and Islamic law. It is... (Source)
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Chibli MallatThis is the seventh and most accessible volume of Fossaert’s eight-volume La Société (1977-1996). A banker, economist, sociologist and historian, Fossaert is a one-man encyclopedia of coherent thought in the global world. At 82, he still writes profusely, and the current issue of my Beirut university journal, Travaux et Jours, carries what I believe is the best study of the current crisis, which... (Source)
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