Power of Tolerance - A Debate

Wendy Brown and Rainer Forst debate the uses and misuses of tolerance, an exchange that highlights the fundamental differences in their critical practice despite a number of political similarities. Both scholars address the normative premises, limits, and political implications of various conceptions of tolerance. Brown offers a genealogical critique of contemporary discourses on tolerance in Western liberal societies, focusing on their inherent ties to colonialism and imperialism, and Forst reconstructs an intellectual history of tolerance that attempts to redeem its political virtue in democratic societies. Brown and Forst work from different perspectives and traditions, yet they each remain wary of the subjection and abnegation embodied in toleration discourses, among other issues. The result is a dialogue rich in critical and conceptual reflections on power, justice, discourse, rationality, and identity.

List of contents

Editorial NoteThe Power of Tolerance: A Debate between Wendy Brown and Rainer ForstEpilogue: Tensions in Tolerance, by Luca Di Blasi and Christoph F. E. HolzheyNotes on the Contributors

About the author

Dr. Rainer Forst ist Professor am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Frankfurt/M.

Luca Di Blasi ist wissenschaftlicher Assistent am ICI Kulturlabor Berlin sowie Lehrbeauftragter für Philosophie an der Universität Flensburg.

Report

"Brown and Forst are the authors of two of the most important books on tolerance to be published in the last decade. This book not only offers an overview of their positions but also puts these two authors into a surprisingly productive dialogue. The Power of Tolerance is a rich and compelling exchange between two of the best political theorists working today." - Amy Allen, Dartmouth College

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Brown, Wendy Forst Brown, Rainer Forst, Rainer (Professor Forst, Forst Rainer
• Assisted by: Luca Di Blasi (Editor), Luca Di Blasi (Editor), Di Blasi Luca (Editor), Christoph Holzhey (Editor), Christoph F. E. Holzhey (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2014
• EAN: 9780231170192
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17019-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical Theory (COL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory