Category Archives: Persian – فارسی

Book: The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East

January 1, 20112010-2014, Economic history, Islam & economic development, Persian - فارسی, Publications, Spanish - Español, Turkish - TürkçeTimur Kuran

The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011).
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Turkish edition: Yollar Ayrılırken: Ortadoğu’nun Geri Kalma Sürecinde İslam Hukukunun Rolü (Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2012). See t able of contents + introduction + chapter 1. See the book’s page at YKY.
Spanish edition: La Larga Divergencia: La Influencia de la ley Islamica en el Atraso de Oriento Medio (Granada: Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2017). See book’s page at EUG and summary.
- - - - Persian edition: شکاف عمیق در خاورمیانه (by Seyedmehdi Mirhoseini): (London: Mehri Publishers, 2019)

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Symposium video: “Religion, Innovation, and Economic Progress”

March 25, 20082005-2009, In the media, Islam & economic development, Persian - فارسیTimur Kuran

“Religion and the Open Society Symposium: Religion, Innovation, and Economic Progress,” Lawrence Harrison, Timur Kuran, and Robert Woodberry, Council on Foreign Relations, March 25, 2008. See video

Farsi translation of transcript: “Din, Noavari va Pishrafte Eghtesadi” (Religion, Innovation, and Economic Progress). http://www.donya-e-eqtesad.com/Default_view.asp?”=106536 (2008).

Interview: “Ellat-e-Aslie Tose Nayaftegi az Negah-e Nahadgerayee”

September 11, 20072005-2009, Economic development, In the media, Islam & economic development, Persian - فارسیTimur Kuran

“Ellat-e-Aslie Tose Nayaftegi az Negah-e Nahadgerayee” (Main Cause of Underdevelopment from the Viewpoint of Institutionalism).

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Interview: “Chera Khavarmiyaneh tose Nayafteh ast”

January 30, 20072005-2009, In the media, Islam & economic development, Islamism, contemporary, Persian - فارسیTimur Kuran

“Chera Khavarmiyaneh tose Nayafteh ast” Donyaye Eqtesad (January 30, 2007) p. 32.

Interview: “Conversation with Timur Kuran”

January 8, 20072005-2009, In the media, Islam & economic development, Islamism, contemporary, Persian - فارسی, Preference falsificationTimur Kuran

with Allison Engel: “Conversation with Timur Kuran .” USC News, 18 December 2006, [Shorter version: USC Chronicle, 26 (14), January 8, 2007, p. 2]

Farsi translation: “Chera Khavar-e Miane Tose Nayafte ast?” (Why is the Middle East Underdeveloped?)

Article: “Islam and Underdevelopment: An Old Puzzle Revisited”

March 1, 19971990-1999, French - Français, Islam & economic development, Persian - فارسی, Turkish - TürkçeTimur Kuran

“Islam and underdevelopment: An old puzzle revisited,” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 153 (March 1997): 41-71. Abstract

Farsi translation (by Yadullah Dadgar): Naqd va Nazar, 3 (Winter 1997): 310-53.
French translation: “L’Islam et le sous-développement: Un vieux puzzle revisité,” Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines , 8 (March 1998): 27-60.
Turkish translation (by Cihan Dansuk and Timur Kuran): “İslâm ve Geri Kalmışlık: Eski Bir Muammaya Çözüm Arayışları,” Birikim, 137 (September 2000): 68-89. Revised form reprinted in Timur Kuran, İslâm’ın Ekonomik Yüzleri (Istanbul : İletişim, 2002): 211-253.