From Secularism to Jihad Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism

Name: From Secularism to Jihad Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism
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ISBN: 9780275985912

ISBN-10: 0275985911

ISBN-13: 9780275985912

Edition: 2005

Authors: Adnan Musallam

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The modern political idea of "jihad"--a violent struggle against corrupt or anti-Islamic regimes--is essentially the brainchild of one man who turned traditional Islamic precepts inside out and created radical political Islam. Using the evolution of Sayyid Qutb's life and writings, Musallam traces and analyzes Qutb's alienation and subsequent emergence as an independent Islamist within the context of his society and the problems that it faced. Radicalized following his stay in the United States in the late 1940s and during his imprisonment from 1954 to 1964, Qutb would pen controversial writings which would have a significant impact on young Islamists in Egypt for decades following his…

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List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 10/30/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Prologue


Intellectual, Political and Socio-economic Transformation in Egypt, 1919-1952


Qutb's Childhood and the Emergence of a Poet and Critic, 1906-1938


Emergence of the Student of the Qur'an and Early Changes, 1939-1947


The Alienation of Sayyid Qutb, 1939-1947


In Search of Social Justice: The Emergence of An Independent Islamic Ideologue, 1947-1948


Qutb's Experiences and Impressions in America, 1948-1950 and His Return, 1950-1952


Emergence of Radical Islamists, 1952-1964


Martyrdom, Posthumous Impact and Global Jihad


Epilogue


Bibliography


General Index