"Standing at the crossroads of biography and intellectual history, this book seeks to trace the debates on literature between writers, Muslim scholars, and Islamists in Egypt between 1900 and 1960. To understand these debates, it follows the intellectual career of Egyptian write…
Introduction -- 1. Becoming an Adib -- 2. Our Own Brand of Modernity -- 3. Bringing the Social Back in -- 4. Literature in the Margins -- 5. State and Faith -- 6. People against Sayyid Qutb -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "Standing at the crossroads of biograph…
"Standing at the crossroads of biography and intellectual history, this book seeks to trace the debates on literature between writers, Muslim scholars, and Islamists in Egypt between 1900 and 1960. To understand these debates, it follows the intellectual career of Egyptian write…
"Standing at the crossroads of biography and intellectual history, this book seeks to trace the debates on literature between writers, Muslim scholars, and Islamists in Egypt between 1900 and 1960. To understand these debates, it follows the intellectual career of Egyptian write…