Hayrettin Yucesoy

Disenchanting the Caliphate

The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

Hayrettin Yücesoy offers a groundbreaking new account of political discourse in Islamic history by examining Abbasid imperial practice, illuminating the emergence and influence of a vibrant secular tradition.

Produktdetails

• Columbia Studies in International and Global History
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 238mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9780231209403
• ISBN-10: 0231209401
• Artikelnr.: 67774353

Autorenporträt

Hayrettin Yücesoy is an associate professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at Washington University in St. Louis. His books include Messianic Beliefs and Imperial Politics in Medieval Islam: The Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments List of Early, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphs, 632
861 Introduction: Critical Reflections on
Islamic Political Thought
1. Caliphal Practice 2. The Language of Imamate 3. Political Prose Revolution 4. The Disruptive Language of Siyasa 5. Deconfessionalizing the Caliph 6. A Theory of Imperial Law 7. Territorial Consciousness 8. Reimagining the People of the Empire Conclusion: Releasing Siyasa from the Imamate Conventions and Spelling Notes Bibliography Index