Sayyid Qutb

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10.1 The forbidden experiment Language and culture separate humans from all other species. No human group lacks either, which must mean that both are deeply seated in human nature. What are the essential ingredients of these two most human of attributes? Our central task as linguists is to try to answer this question for language. One strategy for tackling this problem is to trace all existing ...

Authority , Identity and the Establishment ! of the People of God : Understanding the Political Challenge of Islam

~us writes Sayyid Qutb, the founding father • ~f the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt, in a polemic essay! which levels at Christians the common Islamic accusation that they suffer from a 'hideous schizophrenia' encapsulated in the exhortation to 'render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.' Since its inception, Islam has presented unprecedented challenges to...

The Oracle of Hizbullah: Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah

This is the full text (excluding notes) of the study by Martin Kramer, “The Oracle of Hizbullah: Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah,” in R. Scott Appleby, ed., Spokesmen for the Despised: Fundamentalist Leaders in the Middle East (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), pp. 83-181. Refer to the paper version for the 324 footnotes. Much of the study, with notes, can be previewed at Amazon and...

The Inclusive Dynamics of Islamic Universalism: from the Vantage Point of Sayyid Qutb’s Critical Philosophy

This article pursues a topological reading of Milestones, one of the most influential books in the history of Islamism. Written by Muslim thinker Sayyid Qutb, the general interest in this crucial text has largely remained restricted to the fields of Islamic Studies and Security Studies. This article aims to make the case for assuming a philosophical standpoint, relocating its significance beyon...

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