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Technology and the Logic of American Racism

A Cultural History of the Body as Evidence

"In this book, Sarah E. Chinn pulls together what seems to be opposite discourses--the information-driven languages of law and medicine and the subjective logics of racism--to examine how racial identity has been constructed in the United States over the past century. She examines a range of primary social case studies such as the American Red Cross' lamentable decision to segregate the blood of black and white donors during World War II, and its ramifications for American culture, and more recent examples that reveal the racist nature of criminology, such as the recent trial of O.J. Simpson. Among several key American literary texts, she looks at Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson, a novel whose plot turns on issues of racial identity and which was written at a time when scientific and popular interest in evidence of the body, such as fingerprinting, was at a peak"--Publisher's description.

Legal theorists in Britain and the United States had lesser faith not in an absolute truth , but in their own ability ... In a direct reversal of eighteenth - century beliefs about the logical nature of legal reasoning , 17 Wills argued ...

Islamic Perspectives on Science and Technology

Selected Conference Papers

This book presents 25 selected papers from the International Conference on “Developing Synergies between Islam & Science and Technology for Mankind’s Benefit” held at the International Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, in October 2014. The papers cover a broad range of issues reflecting the main conference themes: Cosmology and the Universe, Philosophy of Science and the Emergence of Biological Systems, Principles and Applications of Tawhidic Science, Medical Applications of Tawhidic Science and Bioethics, and the History and Teaching of Science from an Islamic Perspective. Highlighting the relationships between the Islamic religious worldview and the physical sciences, the book challenges secularist paradigms on the study of Science and Technology. Integrating metaphysical perspectives of Science, topics include Islamic approaches to S&T such as an Islamic epistemology of the philosophy of science, a new quantum theory, environmental care, avoiding wasteful consumption using Islamic teachings, and emotional-blasting psychological therapy. Eminent contributing scholars include Osman Bakar, Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Mehdi Golshani, Mohd. Kamal Hassan, Adi Setia and Malik Badri. The book is essential reading for a broad group of academics and practitioners, from Islamic scholars and social scientists to (physical) scientists and engineers.

Thus, positive attitudes and behaviours required for good entrepreneurship include loyalty, ... Spirituality empowering practices and agriculture-related businesses were investigated in an Islamic traditional boarding school, ...

Beyond Fintech: Technology Applications For The Islamic Economy

Beyond Fintech: Technology Applications for the Islamic Economy is a follow-up to the first-ever Islamic Fintech book by the author (published in 2018) that provided linkages between Islamic Finance and disruptive technologies like the blockchain. In the wake of fintech as a new trend in financial markets, the ground-breaking book stressed the relevance of Islamic finance and its implications, when enabled by fintech, towards the development of the Islamic digital economy. While the earlier work discussed the crucial innovation, structural, and institutional development for financial technologies in Islamic Finance, this new research explores the multiple applications possible in the various sectors of the economy, within and beyond finance, that can be significantly transformed. These revolutionary applications involve the integration of AI, blockchain, data analytics, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices for a holistic solution to tackle the bottlenecks and other issues in existing processes of traditional systems. The principles of accountability, duty, justice, and transparency are the foundation of shaping the framework in achieving good governance in all institutions — public or private, Islamic or otherwise. Technologies like AI, blockchain, and IoT devices can operationalize the transparency and accountability that is required to eradicate poverty, distribute wealth, enhance micro-, small- and large-scale initiatives for social and economic development, and thus share prosperity for a moral system that enables a more secure and sustainable economy.

While the earlier work discussed the crucial innovation, structural, and institutional development for financial technologies in Islamic Finance, this new research explores the multiple applications possible in the various sectors of the ...

Impact of Financial Technology (FinTech) on Islamic Finance and Financial Stability

With advancing technologies like distributed ledgers, smart contracts, and digital payment platforms, financial services must be innovative in order to remain relevant in the modern era. The adoption of financial technology affects the whole Islamic financial industry as well as the economic stability of a globalized world. There is a need for research that seeks to understand financial technology and the regulatory technology necessary to ensure financial security and stability. Impact of Financial Technology (FinTech) on Islamic Finance and Financial Stability is an essential publication that examines both the theory and application of newly-available financial services and discusses the impact of FinTech on the Islamic financial service industry. Featuring research on topics such as cryptocurrency, peer-to-peer transferring, and digital wallets, this book is ideally designed for researchers, bank managers, economists, analysts, market professionals, managers, executives, computer scientists, business practitioners, academicians, and students seeking coverage on how the latest in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain technology will redesign Islamic finance.

Featuring research on topics such as cryptocurrency, peer-to-peer transferring, and digital wallets, this book is ideally designed for researchers, bank managers, economists, analysts, market professionals, managers, executives, computer ...

The Role of Islamic Financial Technology (FinTech) Start-Up in Improving Financial Inclusion in Indonesia Case

Angsur

Nowadays, there is less than 50 % adult population of Indonesia who has access to banking service. This problem is caused by several factors as well as (1) concentrated banking financial services in Java and Bali (2) unequal distribution of infrastructure development in several regions. There are several strategies conducted by the bank to increase financial inclusion in Indonesia in terms of lending. However, most of Bank only accept physical goods as consumer collateral. We need an innovative and novel approach to address this problem. This paper describes analysis and implementation of Islamic Financial Technology (FinTech) Start-up called Angsur. Angsur brings a new innovative product by giving microlending service to undergraduate students who do not have a credit card by buying the product now, paying later. As digitally active users, undergraduate students produce huge amount data on their social media. Angsur uses social media data analysis to determine their credit score based on digital presence. Instead of using interest terms, Angsur adopts murabahah principal by taking profit margin and gives a chance to customers to pay by instalments from 1 until 12 months. In order to redistribute the wealth and decrease social problem, Angsur takes 2.5 % from sales margin for sadaqah which will be distributed to orphan and people who lives in the slum area. Sadaqah is a voluntary charity by giving some money to someone. A questionnaire, interview, and prototype have been developed to test start-up assumption. The test was conducted to see undergraduate students behaviour and product usability. The preliminary research showed that the students are interested in this service because of its simplicity and innovativeness. More than 80 % of users appreciate the presence of the Angsur Student Partners who act as financial literacy agent. Almost 84% early adopters said that they are happy to shop while doing sadaqah. With their innovative characteristic, Islamic FinTech start-up plays an important role in fostering financial inclusion and decreasing social problem in Indonesia by developing a new technology and new business model. Also, the social media data can be used as an option to evaluate borrower profile.

Nowadays, there is less than 50 % adult population of Indonesia who has access to banking service.

Integrating Islamic Economics Into a Conventional Economics Programme:case Study of Business Distance Learners'learning Experiences at University Technology MARA, Malaysia

Perspectives on the Use of New Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Modern Economy

This book includes the best works presented at the scientific and practical conference that took place on February 1, 2018 in Pyatigorsk, Russia on the topic “Perspectives on the use of New Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Modern Economy”. The conference was organized by the Institute of Scientific Communications (Volgograd, Russia), the Center for Marketing Initiatives (Stavropol, Russia), and Pyatigorsk State University (Pyatigorsk, Russia). The book present the results of research on the complex new information and communication technologies in the modern economy and law as well as research that explore limits of and opportunities for their usage. The target audience of this book includes undergraduates and postgraduates, university lecturers, experts, and researchers studying various issues concerning the use of new information and communication technologies in modern economies. The book includes research on the following current topics in modern economic science: new challenges and opportunities for establishing information economies under the influence of scientific and technical advances, digital economy as a new vector of development of the modern global economy, economic and legal aspects of using new information and communication technologies in developed and developing countries, priorities of using the new information and communication technologies in modern economies, platforms of communication integration in tourism using new information and communication technologies, and economic and legal managerial aspects and peculiarities of scientific research on the information society.

This book includes the best works presented at the scientific and practical conference that took place on February 1, 2018 in Pyatigorsk, Russia on the topic “Perspectives on the use of New Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ...

The Introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Organizations

Information and communication technology ICT in organizations has many faces, such as office automation, production automation, telecommunication and electronic networks connecting organizations. The "C" in "ICT" refers to the fact that, besides information processing technologies, a rapid growth can be found in computer-assisted communication technologies and computer-supported co-operative work. Organizations change as a result of socio-economic and technological developments. New organizational forms and work arrangements are emerging, and ICT is adapted and designed to solve problems caused by these changes. The impact of the introduction of ICT becomes apparent in changes in work patterns, qualifications and decision-making procedures. In this special issue, the implementation processes and some of the consequences are discussed, mostly on the basis of empirical studies.; Contributions include: a discussion of recent developments of ICT and organizational change in the banking sector; an analysis of the introduction of technological innovation in the ambulance service in several big cities; and an illustration of the different options in introduction strategies, including methods used to facilitate user participation in systems development. In some cases, so-called business re-engineering processes form the framework for the analysis.

Information and communication technology ICT in organizations has many faces, such as office automation, production automation, telecommunication and electronic networks connecting organizations.