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

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