Sayyid Qutb's Radical Islamism and the Comparative Political Theology - by Dragos Stoica (Hardcover)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

Sayyid Qutb's Radical Islamism and The Comparative Political Theology brings the Egyptian Islamist Sayyid Qutb (d. 1966) together with the influential Pakistani thinker Abu al-A'la Mawdudi (d. 1979), Spanish Catholic politician and theorist Juan Donoso Cortés (d. 1853), Dutch Neo-Calvinist theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper (d. 1920) and American Christian Reconstructionist Rousas J. Rushdoony (d. 2001) to explore their shared rejection of secular modernity. Stoica's carefully crafted analysis convincingly and even devastatingly demonstrates how the thought of these seemingly diverse figures meets in a clear insistence on God's Sovereignty and totalizing, militant vision of politics. The transcultural lens of the book challenges our understanding of how religion confronts the metaphysical and political challenges posed by modernity and is essential reading for anyone grappling with the rise of radical Islam or right-wing Christianity.

About the Author

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