'With impressive language skills and theoretical perspectives, Hammond offers a much-needed correction to the historiography of modern Muslim intellectual history. By orienting our gaze to the linkages between the imperial Ottoman debates on reforming the Islamic tradition and the Egyptian intellectual circles of the interwar period, Hammond offers one of the most original insights on the roots of Cold War-era Islamist thought.' Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

'Hammond is the first to show how the intellectual activism of Mehmed Akif, Mustafa Sabri, and Zahid Kevseri profoundly put its stamp on modern Islamic thought and contemporary intra-Islamic polemics. Using both Arabic and Ottoman/Turkish sources, this study provides solid ground for further analysis of unjustly overlooked Late-Ottoman Islamic thinkers.' Pieter Coppens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

'By reintroducing us to some major but now partly forgotten scholars and public intellectuals, this innovative study brings perspective, depth, and nuance to the history of modern Islamic thought. Its examination of religious trends in Turkey and Egypt, the movement of ideas between them, the genealogy of Salafism, and the early history of Islamism are all highly illuminating. It deserves to be read widely.' Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Princeton University