Sayyid Qutb''s Radical Islamism and the Comparative Political Theology

This book provides a new reading of the famous Egyptian Islamist Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) beyond the traditional paradigm of Islamic fundamentalism. Dragos Stoica opens a fresh analytical and comparative path by approaching Sayyid Qutb's work as the first anti-modern political theology developed in the modern Muslim space.

List of contents

Introduction: Two Traditions of Political Theology and a Rogue Islamist Thinker in Search of His Family
Chapter 1: From Literary Critic to Islamist Martyr: The Intellectual Evolution of Sayyid Qutb
Chapter 2: Wrestling the Juggernaut: The Islamist Political Theologies of Sayyid Qutb and A.A Mawdudi as Critiques of Modern Ideologies
Chapter 3: Sayyid Qutb's and Juan Donoso Cortés's Political Theology of the Clash of Civilizations.
Chapter 4: Abraham Kuyper and Sayyid Qutb as Political Theologians of God's Sovereignty.
Chapter 5: Rousas J. Rushdoony and Sayyid Qutb: The Apotheosis of God's Sovereignty in Anti-Modern Political Theology
Conclusion: Sayyid Qutb as a Political Theologian: A View from the Other Side

About the author

Dragos Stoica teaches in the Department of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University in Montréal.

Product details

• Authors: Dragos Stoica, Dragos Stoica
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781666966831
• ISBN: 978-1-66696-683-1
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, Theology, Islamic Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Islamic Theology, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities