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001 2012019060
003 DLC
005 20141107080948.0
008 120508s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012019060
020 $a9780521885775 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHM1271$b.F6962 2013
082 00 $a201/.723$223
084 $aPOL010000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aForst, Rainer,$d1964-$eauthor.
245 10 $aToleration in conflict :$bpast and present /$cRainer Forst ; translated by Ciaran Cronin.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $axiv, 635 pages ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aIdeas in context
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 574-618) and index.
505 2 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Between Power and Morality: The Historical Discourse of Toleration: 1. Toleration: concept and conceptions; 2. More than a prehistory: Antiquity and the Middle Age; 3. Reconciliation, schism, peace: humanism and the Reformation; 4. Toleration and sovereignty: political and individual; 5. Natural law, toleration and revolution: the rise of liberalism and the aporias of freedom of conscience; 6. The Enlightenment - for and against toleration; 7. Toleration in the modern era; 8. Routes to toleration; Part II. A Theory of Toleration: 9. The justification of toleration; 10. The finitude of reason; 11. The virtue of tolerance; 12. The tolerant society.
520 $a"The concept of toleration plays a central role in pluralistic societies. It designates a stance which permits conflicts over beliefs and practices to persist while at the same time defusing them, because it is based on reasons for coexistence in conflict - that is, in continuing dissension. A critical examination of the concept makes clear, however, that its content and evaluation are profoundly contested matters and thus that the concept itself stands in conflict. For some, toleration was and is an expression of mutual respect in spite of far-reaching differences, for others, a condescending, potentially repressive attitude and practice. Rainer Forst analyses these conflicts by reconstructing the philosophical and political discourse of toleration since antiquity. He demonstrates the diversity of the justifications and practices of toleration from the Stoics and early Christians to the present day and develops a systematic theory which he tests in discussions of contemporary conflicts over toleration"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aToleration$xHistory.
650 0 $aReligious tolerance.
650 0 $aToleration$xPolitical aspects.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.$2bisacsh