Sayyid Qutb : the life and legacy of a radical Islamic intellectual / James Toth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toth, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quṭb, Sayyid, 1906-1966.

Quṭb, Sayyid.

Muslim scholars--Egypt--Biography.

Muslim scholars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James Toth traces the life and thought of Sayyid Qutb, the Egyptian thinker and Islamist martyr branded by The New York Times Magazine as "The Philosopher of Islamic Terror." By returning to Qutb's writings, Toth draws a complex portrait of Qutb, one that moves beyond the cartoonish descriptions of him as the evil genius lurking behind today's terrorists.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: HIS LIFE; 1. Introduction; 2. Qutb's Early and Modern Years; 3. Qutb's Transition, From Secularism to Islamism; 4. Qutb's Moderate Islamism; 5. Qutb's Radical Islamism; PART TWO: HIS LEGACY: IDEAS AND ISSUES; 6. Sayyid Qutb's Islamic Concept; 7. Islamism as a Revitalization Movement; 8. The Islamic Society and Islamic System; 9. The Islamic Economy; 10. The Islamic State; 11. Islamic History; Epilogue; Appendix; i. Dramatis Personae; ii. Sayyid Qutb on Women and the Family; iii. Sayyid Qutb on "People of the Book," Dhimmis

iv. Sayyid Qutb on ApologeticsNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 29, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-996960-4

1-299-45784-3

0-19-979096-5

OCLC:

839304749