ISBN: 9780521885775 - toleration in conflict: past and present (ideas in context) (5 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.…

Zustand: New. This book represents the most comprehensive historical and systematic study of the theory and practice of toleration ever written. Translator(s): Cronin, Ciaran. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 662 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1266. Past and Present. Series: Ideas in Context. 658 pages. This book represents the most comprehensive historical and systematic study of the theory and practice of toleration ever written. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 40. Weight: 1338. Translator(s): Cronin, Ciaran. . 2013. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …