Denis Lacorne

The Limits of Tolerance

Enlightenment Values and Religious Fanaticism
Übersetzer: Delogu, C. Jon

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Produktbeschreibung

Denis Lacorne traces the emergence of the modern notion of religious tolerance in order to rethink how we should respond to its contemporary tensions. He defends the Enlightenment concept against recent attempts to circumscribe it, arguing that without it a pluralistic society cannot survive.

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Produktdetails

• Religion, Culture, and Public Life
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 141mm x 216mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780231187152
• ISBN-10: 0231187157
• Artikelnr.: 66710692

Autorenporträt

Denis Lacorne is research professor emeritus with the CERI (Centre de recherches internationales) at Sciences Po, Paris. His books in English include Religion in America: A Political History (Columbia, 2011) as well as Language, Nation, and State: Identity Politics in a Multilingual Age (2004) and With Us or Against Us: Studies in Global Anti-Americanism (2005), both coedited with Tony Judt.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
New Introduction for the American Edition
1. Tolerance According to John Locke
2. Voltaire and Modern Tolerance
3. Tolerance in America
4. Tolerance in the Ottoman Empire
5. Tolerance in Venice
6. On Blasphemy
7. Multicultural Tolerance
8. Of Veils and Unveiling
9. New Restrictions, New Forms of Tolerance
10. Should We Tolerate the Enemies of Tolerance?
Epilogue for the American Edition: Tolerance in the Age of Terrorism
Notes
Index