This timely collection of essays from an international field of experts in the history and philosophy of toleration offers a distinctive reassessment of the place of toleration in contemporary political life. Against the general climate of scepticism, the message that emerges is that toleration remains an extremely powerful idea. Editor(s): Edyvane, Derek; Matravers, Matt. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSL; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 362. . 2012. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Toleration Re-Examined
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415531357
ISBN 13: 9780415531351
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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.

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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.

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