| Sayyid Qutb: An Intellectual Biography Contributor(s): Sabaseviciute, Giedre (Author) |
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ISBN: 081563742X ISBN-13: 9780815637424 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2021007880 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary critic in his youth, Qutb is known to have abandoned literature in the 1950s in favor of Islamism, becoming its most prominent ideologist to this day. In a sharp departure from this common narrative, Sabaseviciute offers a fresh perspective on Qutb's life that examines his Islamist commitment as a continuation of his literary project. Contrary to the notion of Islam's incompatibility with literature, the book argues that Islamism provided as Qutb with a novel way to pursue his metaphysical quest at a time when the rising anti-colonial movement brought the Romantic models of literature to their demise. Drawing upon unexplored material on Qutb's life--book reviews, criticism, intellectual collaborations, memoirs, and personal interviews with his former acquaintances--Sabaseviciute traces the development of Qutb's thought in line with his shifting networks of friendship and patronage. In a distinct sociological take on Arab intellectual and literary history, this book unveils the unexplored dimensions of Qutb's involvement in Cairo's burgeoning cultural scene. |