Toleration Re-Examined

List of contents

1. Introduction: toleration re-examined 2. Why the traditional conception of toleration still matters 3. Blind spots in the toleration literature 4. Christian foundations; or some loose stones? Toleration and the Philosophy of Locke’s Politics 5. Toleration in a New Key: Historical and Global Perspectives 6. Toleration as Sedition 7. Must the tolerant person have a sense of humour? On the structure of tolerance as a virtue 8. Tolerance and Pain

About the author

Derek Edyvane is a lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Leeds, UK.
Matt Matravers is Professor of Political Philosophy and Director of the Morrell Centre for Toleration at the University of York, UK.

Summary

The problem of how we are to live together in morally and culturally diverse democratic societies is central to modern life. Over the last thirty years, an extensive philosophical literature has developed around the idea of toleration as a way of engaging with that problem. However, recent years have witnessed a growing backlash against the idea of toleration, which is often considered too ‘thin’, or too unambitious an aspiration for liberal democracy. This timely collection of essays from an international field of experts in the history and philosophy of toleration takes stock of this debate and offers a distinctive reassessment of the place of toleration in contemporary political life. Against the general climate of scepticism, the message that emerges from these essays is that toleration remains an extremely powerful idea, and one that must remain central to the political enterprise of forging social unity amid diversity in the twenty-first century.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Derek (University of Leeds Edyvane, Derek Matravers Edyvane
• Assisted by: Derek Edyvane (Editor), Derek (University of Leeds Edyvane (Editor), Edyvane Derek (Editor), Matt Matravers (Editor), Matt (University of York Matravers (Editor), Matravers Matt (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138109926
• ISBN: 978-1-138-10992-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political structures: democracy, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Political structures / systems: democracy