Intolerance - Premodern Roots and Modern Manifestations

From theories of religious intolerance during the Reformation to the contemporary suppression of religious symbols; from homophobia to attempts to ban it; from populism on the right to "cancel culture" on the left-this book covers a variety of forms of intolerance, analysing not only its consequences but its causes and implications as well.

Table des matières

Introduction: Intolerance, Power, and Epistemology 1. Consequences, Conscience, and Fallibility: Early Modern Roots of Toleration 2. Marx and Romanticism 3. Early Modern Epistemologies and Religious Intolerance 4. Citizens as Militant Democrats, Or: Just How Intolerant Should the People Be? 5. Philosophical Foundations of Contemporary Intolerance: Why We No Longer Take Martin Luther King, Jr. Seriously 6. Who Is Intolerant? The Clash Between LGBTQ+ Rights and Religious Free Exercise

A propos de l'auteur

Jeffrey Friedman, the editor of Critical Review, is a visiting scholar in the Social Studies program at Harvard University, USA. He has taught political theory at Barnard College, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Yale University, and is the author of Power Without Knowledge: A Critique of Technocracy (2019).

Résumé

From theories of religious intolerance during the Reformation to the contemporary suppression of religious symbols; from homophobia to attempts to ban it; from populism on the right to “cancel culture” on the left—this book covers a variety of forms of intolerance, analysing not only its consequences but its causes and implications as well.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jeffrey (Harvard University Friedman
• Collaboration: Jeffrey Friedman (Editeur), Friedman Jeffrey (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 12.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032378855
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237885-5
• Pages: 164
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Political science and theory, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics