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Author Khatab, Sayed.

Title The political thought of Sayyid Qutb : the theory of jahiliyyah / Sayed Khatab
Published New York : Routledge, 2006

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 MELB  320.557092 Qutb Kha/Pto  AVAILABLE
Description pages cm
Contents What the early Muslims meant by jahiliyyah -- The Arabs before Islam -- Arabian politics before Islam -- Belief and conceptions in pre-Islamic Arabia -- Lexical origins of the term jahiliyyah -- Jahiliyyah and knowledge (ilm) -- Variations of jahiliyyah concept in pre-Islamic Arabic -- Jahiliyyah and ummiyyah -- Jahiliyyah and gentleness (hilm) -- The Qurʼanic concept of the term hilm -- Jahiliyyah is the antithesis of sovereignty -- Qutb's intellectual life and character -- Rural phase -- Modern phase -- Character and social relations -- The jahiliyyah theory's first stage : 1925-1939 -- Justice and harmony -- Islam vs al-jahalat -- The body, intellect, and unity -- The great unity -- The jahiliyyah theory's second stage : 1939-1948 -- Qutb and the future of Egypt -- Qutb focuses on the Qurʼan -- Qurʼanic conceptions vs jahili conceptions -- Qutb's appreciation of his culture -- Social reform -- Social justice in Islam -- The jahiliyyah theory's third stage : 1948-1950 -- On the eve of his trip -- Qutb in the United States -- The jahiliyyah theory's fourth stage : 1950-1966 -- The concept of jahiliyyah -- Development of the concept of jahiliyyah
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Quṭb, Sayyid, 1906-1966.
Islam and state.
Islam and social problems.
Islamic fundamentalism.
LC no. 2005017600
ISBN 0415375967 (hardback)