Sayyid Qutb: the life and legacy of a radical Islamic intellectual
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 d...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Toth, James, Sayyid Qutb] (2015) (Wheatley, Stephanie)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Quṭb, Saiyid 1906-1966
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| Further subjects: | B
Quṭb, Sayyid, 1906-1966
B Muslim scholars Egypt Biography |
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| 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. |
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| ISBN: | 0199332606 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199790883.001.0001 |