Islamist Occidentalism: Sayyid Qutb and the Western Other

Nadia Duvall

doi:10.2307/j.ctvckq38c

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-95994-062-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95994-063-4
Publisher: Gerlach Press, Berlin
Language: English
Pages: 249
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
1. 1. The Western “Other” in Quṭb’s Thought, and Humanism in Islamic Culture No access
2. 2. Identity Formation and the “Cumulative Traditions” of Islam No access
3. 3. The Book No access
4. 4. Synopsis, and Structure of the Book No access
5. 5. Notes on Translation and Transliteration No access
1. 1. Egypt’s Early Encounter with the Challenge of the Modern West No access
2. 2. The Apologetics’ Response to the Triumph of “Christian” Europe No access
3. 3. The Heyday of Liberalism in Egypt No access
1. 1. Quṭb’s Early Years in Cairo & the Emergence of a Poet and a Literary Critic No access
2. 2. The Early Islamist Stage of Quṭb’s Life (1949-1958) No access
3. 3. The Radical Islamist Stage of Quṭb’s Life (1959-1966) No access
1. 1. Quṭb’s Schooling Years in Musha, and the Clash between the “Modern” and the Traditional Worlds No access
2. 2. The Literary Stage in Quṭb’s Life and his Early Attitude towards the Civilisation of the West No access
3. 3. Quṭb’s Feud with Egypt’s Literati, and the Lure of Islamism No access
4. 4. Repudiation of the Great Humanist Philosophers of Islam: al-Fārābī, Ibn Sinā and Ibn Rushd No access
5. 5. Quṭb’s Sojourn in America (1948-1950) and Encountering the American “Other” No access
6. 6. Conclusion No access
1. 1. First Views of Religious Traditions and Folk-beliefs in Musha No access
2. 2.1 Quṭb’s Views on “Religion”, and the East-West Dichotomy in the Early Literary Stage of his Life No access
3. 2.2 The Discovery of India, a. the “Spiritual” East a. the “Material” West Dichotomy in Quṭb’s 1940s No access
4. 3. Quṭb’s Early Studies of the Qur’an and Reflections on Islam in Comparison with “Other” Religions No access
5. 4. Rethinking the Christian and the Jewish Traditions in Quṭb’s Discourse (1947-1948) No access
6. 5. Conclusion No access
1. 1.1 Historical Background & Quṭb’s First Use of the Doctrine of Jāhiliyya to Condemn the “Material S No access
2. 1.2 An Early Encounter with the Lucknow Nadwat al-‘Ulamā Scholar Abu al-Ḥasan al-Nadwi* and Quṭb’s F No access
3. 2.1 The Otherness Formulations Targeting the West in Quṭb’s Early 1960s Discourse No access
4. 2.2 The Doctrine of Jāhiliyya as a Deviation from Quṭb’s Own Conceptualisation of the Islamic Taṣaww No access
5. 3. The Construction of ‘the Jew’ as the ‘Other’ ‘Pseudo-Species’ in Quṭb’s Later 1960s Writings No access
6. 4. Conclusion No access
Conclusion: Quṭb’s Islamism as a Drastic Discontinuity with the Islamic “Cumulative Traditions” No access Pages 133 - 140
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 1 No access
3. Chapter 2 No access
4. Chapter 3 No access
5. Chapter 4 No access
6. Chapter 5 No access
7. Conclusion No access
Glossary No access Pages 205 - 212
1. Abbreviations for Journals, Lexicons and Encyclopaedias No access
2. Primary Sources: Sayyid Quṭb’s Works and Anthologies of his Articles No access
3. Anthologies of Quṭb’s Articles No access
4. Secondary Sources on Sayyid Quṭb’s Life and Works No access
5. General Books and Articles No access
6. 1. General No access
  2. Introduction No access
  3. Chapter 1 No access
  4. Chapter 3 No access
  5. Chapter 4 No access
  6. Chapter 5 No access
  7. Glossary No access
7. Other Sources No access