Sayyid Qutb: An Intellectual Biography

An excellent book which sheds new light on an extremely important figure. Walter Armbrust, author of Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution

The author’s knowledge of the literary scene of early to mid 20th century Cairo is second to none, and so is her ability to bring it to life with important analytical implications. Lucie Ryzova, University of Birmingham

The most complete intellectual biography to date. A massive contribution to Egyptian intellectual history. Yoav Di-Capua, University of Texas at Austin

Coming from the French tradition of the sociology of knowledge and combining it with critical intellectual history and a careful understanding of the anthropology of Islam, Šabaseviciute goes beyond these deconstructions to explain to us in detail the Egyptian literary world and the visions of its protagonists after 1945 and the new shifts within this world after 1952. Bettina Gräf, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München