Social Sciences

The book, deliberately written in generally understandable language for all interested readers, paints a unique, transdisciplinary overall picture of resilience as a national and international social factor of our time. It shows that in terms of socio-political significance, the concept of resilience is in no way inferior to the older, hitherto dominant concepts of sustainability and development; indeed, it actively complements them, in some cases contradicts them, but also completes them. Resilience as a societal factor involves all sectors, such as politics, the economy, science and civil society, and thus represents an indispensable frame of reference in the overarching recent debate on the &quote;learning society&quote;.&quote;Fathi analyzes the still little-tapped topic of &quote;societal resilience&quote; from entirely new perspectives and with a stimulating thematic breadth. A must-read for anyone who wants to grasp this topic holistically.&quote; Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind