Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-52006-4
Ph.D.
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
The University of Chicago
2017
Reading a Radical Thinker: A Study on Sayyid Qutb By Laith Saud This thesis examines Sayyid Qutb's writings in various contexts in order to explicate more complex meanings in his work often over looked. For decades scholarship on Qutb has more or less focused on him as a 'fundamentalist,' Islamist or salafi. In this thesis, I examine Qutb according to essentially three rubrics: Comparative political theory, Islamic thought and radical thought. In so doing, many of the labels ascribed to Qutb, such as 'fundamentalist,' compel definition and, more often than not, are exposed as disposable since they do not mean much in a comparative context when applied to Qutb.
Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies
Social sciences;Arab world;Egypt;Islam;Islamic thought;Political theory;Qutb, Sayyid