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Sayyid Qutb and the Crisis of Culture in late 1940s Egypt
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SYSNO ASEP 0489996 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Sayyid Qutb and the Crisis of Culture in late 1940s Egypt Author(s) Šabasevičiūtė, Giedrė (OU-W) SAI, ORCID Source Title International Journal of Middle East Studies. - : Cambridge University Press - ISSN 0020-7438
Roč. 50, č. 1 (2018), s. 85-101Number of pages 17 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Egypt ; history ; Islamism ; intellectuals ; literature Subject RIV AB - History OECD category History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support OU-W - RVO:68378009 UT WOS 000427328100005 DOI 10.1017/S0020743817000952 Annotation This article focuses on the writings and literary networks of the Egyptian intellectual and activist Sayyid Qutb during the late 1940s. Scholars have tended to explain Qutb's political radicalization and joining of the Muslim Brotherhood during the subsequent decade via aspects of his personality or personal life, such as his quick temper, conservatism, or frustration over unfulfilled aspirations to become a writer. Drawing on three periodicals published respectively by leftist, Islamist, and independent aspiring writers, I instead place Qutb's criticism of political, economic, and cultural elites in the context of an emerging generation of critical intellectuals. By shedding light on intellectual cooperation between Qutb, Muslim Brothers, Marxists, and independent writers, this article challenges established scholarly narratives that locate the Islamist project outside the Egyptian intellectual field Workplace Oriental Institute Contact Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950 Year of Publishing 2019
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