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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
