Sayyid Qutb
Author | : James Toth |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2013-04-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199790883 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199790884 |
Rating | : 4/5 (884 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sayyid Qutb by : James Toth
Download or read book Sayyid Qutb written by James Toth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.