Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islam

Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islam
John Calvert (Author)

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Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post colonial Sunni Muslim world. Lacking a pure understanding of the leader's life and work, the popular media has conflated Qutb's moral purpose with the aims of bin Laden and al-Qaeda. He is often portrayed as a terrorist, Islamo-Fascist, and advocate of murder. This book rescues Qutb from misrepresentation, tracing the evolution of his thought within the context of his time. An expert on social protest and political resistance in the modern Middle East, as well as Egyptian nationalism, John Calvert recounts Qutb's life from the small village in which he was raised to his execution at the behest of Abd al-Nasser's regime. His study remains sensitive to the cultural, political, social, and economic circumstances that shaped Qutb's thought-major developments that composed one of the most eventful periods in Egyptian history. These years witnessed the full flush of Britain's tutelary regime, the advent of Egyptian nationalism, and the political hegemony of the Free Officers. Qutb rubbed shoulders with Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Abd al-Nasser himself, though his Islamism originally had little to do with religion. Only in response to his harrowing experience in prison did Qutb come to regard Islam and kufr (infidelity) as oppositional, antithetical, and therefore mutually exclusive. Calvert shows how Qutb repackaged and reformulated the Islamic heritage to pose a challenge to authority, including those who claimed (falsely, he believed) to be Muslim.

• Rank: #656154 in Books
• Published on: 2013-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 392 pages

Description #1 by Paddle.com:

ltPgtltigtThe Power of Sovereignty ltigtattempts to understand the ideas and thoughts of Sayyid Qut whose corpus of work and in particular his theory of hakimiyyah sovereignty is viewed as a threat to nationalistic government and peace worldwide.ltbrgtltbrgtThis book provides a detailed perspective Sayyid Qutbs writings and examines ltbrgtamp183 The relation between the specifics of the concept of hakimiyyah and that of jahiliyyahltbrgtamp183 The force and intent of these two concepts ltbrgtamp183 How Qutb employs their specifics to critically assess the political establishments like nationalism and capitalismltbrgtamp183 The influence of the two concepts on Egypts radical Islamic movements where many of alQaidas lieutenants officers ideologues and conspirators were fomentedltbrgtltbrgtThis book provides timely and topical understanding of the intellectual origins and conceptual and methodological thinking of radical Islamist movement in the modern world. The Power of Sovereignty is essential reading for those with interests in political Islam and religious politics.ltPgt

Description #2 by OnlineBookPlace.com:

The Power of Sovereignty attempts to understand the ideas and thoughts of Sayyid Qut whose corpus of work and, in particular, his theory of hakimiyyah (sovereignty) is viewed as a threat to nationalistic government and peace worldwide. This book provides a detailed perspective Sayyid Qutb's writings and examines: * The relation between the specifics of the concept of hakimiyyah and that of jahiliyyah * The force and intent of these two concepts * How Qutb employs their specifics to critically assess the political establishments like nationalism and capitalism * The influence of the two concepts on Egypt's radical Islamic movements, where many of al'Qa'ida's lieutenants, officers, ideologues and conspirators were fomented This book provides timely and topical understanding of the intellectual origins and conceptual and methodological thinking of radical Islamist movement in the modern world. The Power of Sovereignty is essential reading for those with interests in political Islam and religious politics.

Description #3 by TEXT-EBOOK.INFO:

"The Power of Sovereignty explores the religio-political and philosophical concepts of Sayyid Qutb, one of the most influential political thinkers for contemporary Islamists and who has greatly influenced the likes of Osama Bin Laden. Executed by the Egyptian state in 1966, his books continue to be read and his theory of jahiliyya 'ignorance' is still of prime importance for radical Islamic groups. Providing a detailed perspective of Sayyid Qutb's writings, this book examines:the relation between the specifics of the concept of hakimiyyah and that of jahiliyyahthe force and intent of these two concepts how Qutb employs their specifics to critically assess the political establishments like nationalism and capitalismthe influence of the two concepts on Egypt's radical Islamic movements, where many of al'Qa'ida's lieutenants, officers, ideologues and conspirators were fomentedShedding light on Islamic radicalism and its intellectual origins The Power of Sovereignty presents new analysis on the intellectual legacy of one of the most important thinkers of modern Islamic revival. File Size: 755 KBPrint Length: 321 pagesPage Numbers Source ISBN: 041537250XSimultaneous Device Usage: Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limitsPublisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 11, 2006) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B000OT7WNU"