[Rezension von: Toth, James, Sayyid Qutb]
Few Islamist authors have received as much attention in recent years as Sayyid Qutb. Popular portrayals of Qutb paint him as a paranoid, backwards, misogynistic radical. Scholars are more circumspect, and indeed there have been a number of excellent biographies published over the past several years...
| Auteur principal: | |
|---|---|
| Collaborateurs: | |
| Type de support: | Électronique Review |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | En cours de chargement...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Oxford University Press
2015
|
| Dans: |
A journal of church and state
Année: 2015, Volume: 57, Numéro: 1, Pages: 157-158 |
| Compte rendu de: | Sayyid Qutb (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2013) (Wheatley, Stephanie)
Sayyid Qutb (New York : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Wheatley, Stephanie) Sayyid Qutb (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Wheatley, Stephanie) Sayyid Qutb (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Wheatley, Stephanie) |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Quṭb, Saiyid 1906-1966
/ Islam
/ Fondamentalisme
|
| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Compte-rendu de lecture
|
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (teilw. kostenfrei) Volltext (teilw. kostenfrei) |
| Résumé: | Few Islamist authors have received as much attention in recent years as Sayyid Qutb. Popular portrayals of Qutb paint him as a paranoid, backwards, misogynistic radical. Scholars are more circumspect, and indeed there have been a number of excellent biographies published over the past several years about Qutb. Sadly, the saturated market of Qutb books is perhaps the biggest downfall of James Toth's contribution to the field, Sayyid Qutb: The Life and Legacy of a Radical Islamic Intellectual. Toth presents a balanced, nuanced picture of the often-misunderstood Qutb; however, the ambition of Toth's project ultimately takes away from the final product ... |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu122 |