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This is the first English translation of this controversial essay
that challenged fundamental ideas about political power. Egypt,
1925: the Muslim world is in turmoil over Mustapha Kamal Ataturk's
proposal to abolish the caliphate in Turkey. The debate over Islam
and politics re-ignites as traditional political systems dissolve
under pressure from European powers and most Muslim countries lose
their sovereignty. Into this debate enters Ali Abdel Razek, a
religious cleric trained at Al-Azhar University, arguing in favour
of secularism in his essay 'Islam and the Foundations of Political
Power', translated here and published in paperback for the first
time. It includes a substantial introduction that places the essay
in its context and explains its impact. It features an appendix of
Razek's sources with full publication details. It includes
explanatory notes beside Razek's original footnotes. There are
additional notes about particular people, events or vocabulary that
may be unfamiliar to modern readers.
For the first time in modern human history, the response to a
global health crisis was required among all countries no matter
their wealth, size, or economic status. Every country was impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic, and as it surged across the world, it
took many lives with it. Thus, it is essential to study the ability
of human societies to cope with the changes caused by pandemics.
Societal Resilience and Response to Contagious Diseases and
Pandemics adopts and maintains an
interdisciplinary-transdisciplinary approach to investigating
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what has already been done for humanity to survive the spread of a
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Discussing global society entails discussing the predominant
characteristics of knowledge-based activities in all walks of life.
Its main characteristics are based on creativity, innovation,
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Societal resilience is relatively a newly emerging concept in
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different theories created over time, such as James Samuel
Coleman's concept of Social Capital, Anthony Giddens' structuration
theory, Manuel Castells' organizational theory, and Niki
Frantzeskaki's conceptualization of Urban Resilience which
solidified the concept of Societal Resilience. This book provides a
substantial critique on post-modernism theories in the area for
valid interpretations and analyses of the phenomena of disease
response and pathological behavior. It studies the shifts in modern
social values and illness behavior in contemporary society,
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of interventional and innovative solutions that deal with
pandemics. There will also be a specific focus on big-pandemic data
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and locally, and the analysis of deeper insights behind data
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side, looking at illnesses and the different social relationships
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