Radical Islamism and Totalitarian Ideology: a Comparison of Sayyid Qutb's Islamism with Marxism and National Socialism

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the reasons for the strong anti‐western point of view in radical Islamism by comparing its political ideology to the western totalitarian ideologies, Marxism and National Socialism. The comparison is based on a reconstruction of the political theory of t...

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Authors: Hansen, Hendrik (Author) ; Kainz 1, Peter (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2007
In: Totalitarian movements and political religions
Year: 2007, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-76
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