{"title":"Platform Capitalism – Boon or Bane to Society","authors":"Abdulkader Cassim Mahomedy Abdulkader Cassim Mahomedy","doi":"10.4197/islec.33-1.5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this essay, the rise of platform capitalism and its claims to a utopian economic world is explored. Using the tawḥīdī worldview, I trace its emergence within the context of the growth of modern capitalism itself. The study reveals that there are certain core elements within the institutional framework of the modern economy that empowers capitalism to hegemonize society and its structures. In its drive","PeriodicalId":39159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4197/islec.33-1.5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this essay, the rise of platform capitalism and its claims to a utopian economic world is explored. Using the tawḥīdī worldview, I trace its emergence within the context of the growth of modern capitalism itself. The study reveals that there are certain core elements within the institutional framework of the modern economy that empowers capitalism to hegemonize society and its structures. In its drive
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The aims and scope of the journal include: -To develop the emerging paradigm of Islamic economics on scientific lines through publishing original works in this field that pass its peer review process. -To promote dialogue and discussion on current issues in the fields of Islamic economics and finance among the international community of scholars. -To encourage empirical research on Islamic finance, takaful, zakah, awqaf and other Islamic institutions including case studies from Muslim economies. -Contemporary global economic issues viewed from an Islamic perspective. To publish book reviews of important works published in the field, including books in conventional economics, business and finance having some connection with Islamic economics and/or finance.