DUVALL: Islamist Occidentalism

DUVALL: Islamist Occidentalism

Duvall, Nadia TITLE INFORMATION TITLE INFORMATION Nadia Duvall ISLAMIST OCCIDENTALISM: SAYYID QUTB AND THE WESTERN OTHER Publication Date: 2019/02 HC c. 240 pages HC ISBN 9783959940627 HC price 75.00 EUR 70.00 GBP All prices are net prices (without VAT) exclusive of postage & handling. Bibliographic record available from http://d-nb.info/1169676944 Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was the most important radical Islamist ideologue in modern times. This groundbreaking new study analyses Qutb’s thinking from his early years in Cairo to the radical Islamist stance he adopted towards the end of his life. Occidentalism and Orientalism are mere ‘’duelling essentialisms’’ and shows that Qutb’s views of the Christian European ‘’Other’’ are much more nuanced. Of particularly importance are Qutb’s views on the West in the light of the escalation in violent attacks by militant Islamists targeting Western values. The book covers, amongst others, the following topics: - The discovery & perceptions of the West in the Modern Age - Qutb’s early encounter with modern Western civilisation - The West-East duality, and Qutb’s early views on Islam in relation to Christianity and Judaism - Qutb’s Islamism as a drastic discontinuity of Islamic cumulative tradition „Essentialist views are not the preserve of Orientalists in the Saidian sense. They are the bottom line of all brands of contempt for or hatred of the Other, when the latter is a collective identity, one side’s essentialist rejection prompting the other side’s counter-rejection. There is no better illustration of this than Qutb, the firebrand martyr of Jihadism, whose complex attitude towards the Western Other is closely examined in this fascinating book.“ (Professor Gilbert Achcar, SOAS, University of London) Key Subjects About the Authors/Editors Politics, Islamic Studies, International Nadia Duvall holds a M.A. in Political Science from the Studies American University in Cairo and a PhD in Middle East Studies from SOAS, University of London Markets University and Special Libraries, National Libraries, Policy-makers, Government Departments Gerlach Press • Berlin & London • Cicerostr. 37 • D-10709 Berlin • Germany Telephone +49.30.323 03 111 • Facsimile +49.30.323 56 67 • [email protected] • www.gerlach-press.de TABLE OF CONTENTS ! TITLE INFORMATION Duvall, Nadia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER.ONE:.. HISTORICAL.BACKGROUND.I.THE.DISCOVERY.&.PERCEPTIONS.OF.THE.WEST.IN.THE.MODERN. AGE. CHAPTER.TWO:.. HISTORICAL.BACKGROUND.II.THE.LIFE.AND.WORKS.OF.SAYYID.QUṬB.(1906@1966). CHAPTER.THREE:.. QUṬB’S.EARLY.ENCOUNTER.WITH.WESTERN.MODERN.CIVILISATION. CHAPTER.FOUR:.. THE.‘‘WEST@EAST’’.DUALITY.&.QUṬB’S.EARLY.VIEWS.ON.‘‘ISLAM’’.IN.RELATION.TO. ‘‘CHRISTIANITY’’.AND.‘’JUDAISM’’. CHAPTER.FIVE:.. THE.WESTERNER.AS.THE.“OTHER”.IN.QUṬB’S.1960S.WRITINGS,.WITH.SPECIAL.EMPHASIS.ON. THE.DOCTRINE.OF.JĀHILIYYA. NOTES. GLOSSARY. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Gerlach Press • Berlin & London • Cicerostr. 37 • D-10709 Berlin • Germany Telephone +49.30.323 03 111 • Facsimile +49.30.323 56 67 • offi[email protected] • www.gerlach-press.de.

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