Sayyid Qutb as an Illuminationist and Existentialist Rather Than a "Fundamentalist.".

Argues that Muslim philosopher Sayyid Qutb must be considered as an illuminationist, one who engages with the world, phenomenon and God, rather than a fundamentalist, one who restricts his historical and epistemological substance to that of a religious text. Background on modern Islamic social thought; Common conception of fundamentalism; Views on individual awareness and relation to Absolute Being as a living reality.