The Sayyid Qutb Reader: Selected Writings on Politics, Religion, and Society

ISBN-13: 9780415954259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 176 str.

Albert Bergesen

Opis

Sayyid Qutb, intellectual father of Islamic fundamentalism gained prominence in the Muslim Brotherhood, was imprisoned by Nasser, and hanged in 1966. Through his death and writings he became a martyr for the cause of political Islam. This book provides a collection of his selected works and offers an introduction to his core intellectual ideas.

Spis treści

Part 1: Life, Context, and Core Ideas  1. Qutb in Historical Context  2. Qutb’s Core Ideas  Part 2: Selected Writings  3. Milestones  4. Prologue, from In The Shade of the Qur’an, Volume 7: SURAH 8, Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)  5. The Basis of Inter-Communal Relations, from In The Shade of the Qur’an, Volume 8, SURAH 9, Al-Tawbah (The Repentance)  6. The Earth’s Suffocating Expanse, from In The Shade of the Qur’an, Volume 8, SURAH 9: Al-Tawbah (The Repentance)  7. Religion and Society in Christianity and in Islam, from Social Justice in Islam  8. Sorrows of the Countryside, from A Child of the Countryside

O autorze

Albert Bergesen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona.