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Sayyid Qutb : the life and legacy of a radical Islamic intellectual /

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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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Main Author: Toth, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Quṭb, Sayyid, > 1906-1966.
Quṭb, Sayyid, > 1906-1966
Muslim scholars > Egypt > Biography.
Savants musulmans > Égypte > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General.
Muslim scholars
Egypt
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 382 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199790968
0199790965
9781299457843
1299457843
9780199332601
0199332606