Hayrettin Yücesoy is an Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, History, and Global Studies
Hayrettin Yücesoy, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, published Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought - a significant monograph on the history of political thought in the Middle East - through Columbia University Press this summer.
In this work, Prof. Yücesoy offers a groundbreaking new account of political discourse in Islamicate history by examining Abbasid imperial practice, illuminating the emergence and influence of a vibrant secular tradition. Disenchanting the Caliphate is an insightful and provocative reconsideration of key strands of political discourse in the intellectual history of Muslim societies. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/disenchanting-the-caliphate/9780231557924
