Intellectual, political and socioeconomic transformations in Egypt, 1919-1952
Qutb's childhood and the emergence of a poet and a critic, 1906-1938
Emergence of the student of the Qurʼan and early changes, 1939-1947
The alienation of Sayyid Qutb, 1939-1947
In search of social justice : the emergence of an independent Islamic ideologue, 1947-1948
Qutb's experiences and impressions in America, 1948-1950, and his return, 1950-1952
Emergence of a radical Islamist, 1952-1964
Martyrdom, posthumous impact, and global Jihad, 1965-present.