Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-2019 Pandemic

by Abdul Karim Bangura (Contribution by), Isatu Ramatu Bangura (Contribution by), Ishmael I. Munene (Contribution by), Jafred Muyaka (Contribution by), Joseph Lansana Kormoh (Contribution by)

Overview

This multidisciplinary volume includes an international roster of contributors who explore how mass hysteria has emerged among people across the globe as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors provide international perspectives on the effects of this “corohysteria” in areas such as education, healthcare, religion, psychology, mathematics, economics, media, racism, politics, etc. They argue the hysteria, angst, fear, unrest, and difficulties associated with the pandemic are exploited to foster political and social agendas and have led to the undermining of national and global responses to the virus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666912203
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/21/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	618
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Abdul Karim Bangura has five PhDs in political science, development economics, linguistics, computer science, and mathematics. He is researcher-in-residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at American University’s Center for Global Peace.
Abdul Karim Bangura is Researcher-in Residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at American University's Center for Global Peace, USA.
André van der Braak is professor of comparative philosophy of religion at the Vrije Universiteit.
Ishmael I. Munene is professor in the department of educational leadership at Northern Arizona University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: General Introduction by Isatu Ramatu Bangura
Chapter 2: Coroeducation by Ishmael I. Munene and Jafred Muyaka
Chapter 3: Coroexpertise by Joseph Lansana Kormoh
Chapter 4: Coroelitism by Omosefe Oyekanmi
Chapter 5: Coropoverty by Cecy Edijala Balogun
Chapter 6: Corodemocracy by Harrison Adewale Idowu
Chapter 7: Corofrontline by Gregory Obinna Ugbo, Henry Chigozie Duru&Chinwe Beatrice Ezeoke
Chapter 8: Corophilanthropy by Rosemary Oyinlola Popoola
Chapter 9: Cororeligion by Simon Gisege Omare
Chapter 10: Coromathematics by Abdul Karim Bangura
Chapter 11: Coropsychology by Pamela Oloo&Yakub Adams
Chapter 12: Corolinguistics by Abdul Karim Bangura
Chapter 13: Coroeconomics by Alie Kunda
Chapter 14: Coromedia by Cecy Edijala Balogun
Chapter 15: Corohistory by Hadizat Audu Salihu
Chapter 16: Corolaw by Osman Kabba
Chapter 17: Coroexploitation by Henrietta Eshalomi
Chapter 18: Coroweakstate by Emmanuel Vincent Nelson Kallon
Chapter 19: Cororacism by JP Afamefuna Ifedi
Chapter 20: Cor

Editorial Reviews

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-2019 has had perhaps the most wide-ranging impact on every facet of human endeavor, especially since it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Being the first pandemic in the twenty-first century, it has been almost universally dreaded but poorly understood, leading to global mass hysteria, including by governments of all stripes. The world needed a meaningful perspective through which to manage the uncontrollable emotional responses to the pandemic, and none was forthcoming, until now. In Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-2019 Pandemic, Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, with a collection of global experts in different fields, has provided the most encompassing, multidisciplinary exposition of COVID-2019 that unveils the underlying reasons for the hysteria. The book is indispensable to anyone—scholars, professionals, and laypeople alike—who wants to understand the mechanisms behind the pandemic personally or to have an appreciation for the myriad of responses, sometimes contradictory, across the globe.”

James T. Gire

Though this [book’s] approach is interdisciplinary, the contributed chapters are primarily case studies from African nations, particularly Kenya and Nigeria. This focus is by no means a weakness even for readers who experienced the impact of COVID-19 elsewhere. The book showcases ways to analyze the pandemic from numerous angles and offers a model to scholars who wish to conduct similar studies in other geographic contexts. Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty. General readers.

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