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Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt: A Biography of Muhammad Husayn Haykal - Paperback

Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt: A Biography of Muhammad Husayn Haykal - Paperback

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by Charles D. Smith (Author)

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One
Egypt and the Idea of Modernity: 1870-1907

Chapter Two

The Formative Years: Haykal between Egypt and Europe, 1888-1922

Egypt as Seen from Paris

The Romantic Idea: Love and the Intellectual as Portrayed in Zaynab

The Fear of Social Entrapment

Chapter Three

Ideal and Reality: Egyptian Politics, 1918-1930

Haykal, the Wafd, and the Egyptian Democratic Party, 1918-1922

The Liberal Constitutionalists in Politics, 1923-1930

Chapter Four

The Road to Islam: Intellectual Developments, 1924-1933

Chapter Five

The Transformation of the Reformist Message and the Writing of Hayat Muhammad

Al-Azhar and Egyptian Politics: 1924-1930

Sidqi, al-Azhar, and Christian Missionary Activity

Hayat Muhammad

Sufism, Science, Spiritualism, and True Faith

Summation and Conclusion

Chapter Six

The Shift to Islam: Its Continuation and Significance

Fi Manzil al-Wahy

Abu Bakr and 'Umar

Haykal's Portrayal of Islam in the Egyptian Context

The Liberal Dilemma: Islam and Politics, 1933-1940

Chapter Seven

Haykal As Politician, 1940-1954: The Liberal Constitutionalists and the End of Party Politics

The War and Egyptian Politics

The Interregnum, 1945-1950

The Slide Toward Destruction, 1950-1952

Capitulation and Despair

Chapter Eight

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Author Biography

Charles D. Smith is Professor of Islamic and Middle East History at San Diego State University

Number of Pages: 262
Dimensions: 0.59 x 9 x 5.88 IN
Publication Date: June 30, 1984