Epistemological Shifts in Sayyid Qutb's Discourse of the Early 1940s

• Authors: Mohamed Soffar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The early discourse of Sayyid Qutb in the 1940s has long been ignored, though it reveals signposts on the road of Qutbs intellectual trajectory. The articles published by Qutb in the Social Affairs magazine are pervaded by a will to identity born out of an identity crisis characterizing these turbulent times. Through the contrast between the ideal and reality of modern Egypt, Qutb produced a discourse that is critical of several aspects of Egypts social existence. Yet, due to problems related to the internal structure of this early discourse, the thematic coalition controlling it collapsed and opened the way for new twists and turns in the Qutbian discourse. It is the task of this paper to trace the collapse of this internal structure on the eve of Qutbs Islamic turn.

Keywords

EN

Sayyid Qutb; early Qutbian discourse; modern Egyptian social thought; will to identity; epistemological shifts

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 99-113

Contributors

author

Mohamed Soffar

• Cairo University, Egypt