Favorable Economic Culture in Resistive Economy

Resistive economy seeks the simultaneous realization of growth, justice, economic resilience, and spirituality. The central question of this paper is that, the realization of these goals requires which kind of economic culture? According to the hypothesis of the article, jihadi economic culture is the only culture that can provide the ground for achieving the goals of resistive economy at the same time. Using an analytical method and while explaining the insight and tendency components of jihadi economic culture, this paper studies the effect of jihadi economic culture  on achieving the goals of resistive economy. The findings show that the general belief in the existence of belonging to God, the trustworthiness of property, God's all-sustaining, the system of reward and punishment in this world and the hereafter and vulnerability to internal and external enemies are among the insight components of jihadi economic culture. This system of monotheistic belief institutionalizes the tendency components of jihadi economic culture, such as doing economic activity in the way of God and for God, priority of public interests over individual interests, rejection of domination, hard work in seeking a lawful and good sustenance, consumption at a sufficient level with the priority of consuming domestic products and giving alms in the way of God with the priority of empowering the deprived ones. Theoretical and practical evidence suggests that jihadi economic culture leads to the synergy of growth and justice, and economic resistance, and strengthens the spirituality and sovereignty of Islamic values.