Table of Contents
PrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter One Egypt and the Idea of Modernity: 1870-1907Chapter TwoThe Formative Years: Haykal between Egypt and Europe, 1888-1922Egypt as Seen from ParisThe Romantic Idea: Love and the Intellectual as Portrayed in ZaynabThe Fear of Social EntrapmentChapter ThreeIdeal and Reality: Egyptian Politics, 1918-1930Haykal, the Wafd, and the Egyptian Democratic Party, 1918-1922The Liberal Constitutionalists in Politics, 1923-1930Chapter FourThe Road to Islam: Intellectual Developments, 1924-1933Chapter FiveThe Transformation of the Reformist Message and the Writing of Hayat MuhammadAl-Azhar and Egyptian Politics: 1924-1930Sidqi, al-Azhar, and Christian Missionary ActivityHayat MuhammadSufism, Science, Spiritualism, and True FaithSummation and ConclusionChapter SixThe Shift to Islam: Its Continuation and SignificanceFi Manzil al-WahyAbu Bakr and 'UmarHaykal's Portrayal of Islam in the Egyptian ContextThe Liberal Dilemma: Islam and Politics, 1933-1940 Index