Toleration in Comparative Perspective

Herausgeber: Spencer, Vicki A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays explores conceptions of toleration and tolerance in Asia and the West. It tests the assumption in contemporary Western political discourse and theory that toleration is a uniquely Western virtue and finds that many other traditions have comparable ideas and practices in grappling with religious and cultural diversity.

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Produktdetails

• Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781498530170
• ISBN-10: 1498530176
• Artikelnr.: 49346154

Autorenporträt

Edited by Vicki A. Spencer - Contributions by Vicki A. Spencer; Takashi Shogimen; Scott L. Pratt; Ken Tsutsumibayashi; Karen Barkey; Asma Afsaruddin; Anne Mocko; Neelima Shukla-Bhatt; Purushottama Bilimoria; Benjamin Schonthal; Koichiro Matsuda; Kam-por Y

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, by Vicki A. Spencer Part I: The West Chapter 1: William of
Ockham and Medieval Discourses on Toleration, by Takashi Shogimen Chapter
2: The Metaphysics of Toleration in American Indian Philosophy, by Scott L.
Pratt Chapter 3: Human Fallibility and Locke's Doctrine of Toleration, by
Vicki A. Spencer Chapter 4: Pierre Bayle and Benjamin Constant on
Toleration, by Ken Tsutsumibayashi Part II: Southwest Asia Chapter 5: The
Ottomans and Toleration, by Karen Barkey Chapter 6: Tolerance and Pluralism
in Islamic Thought and Praxis, by Asma Afsaruddin Part III: South Asia
Chapter 7: Tolerance in Nepal Mandala: Communal Relations and Royal
Religious Patronage in Malla-Era Kathmandu, by Anne Mocko Chapter 8: The
One in the Many in the Songs of Poet-saints of Medieval India: A Cultural
Stance on Tolerance, by Neelima Shukla-Bhatt Chapter 9: The Limits of
Intolerance: A Comparative Reflection on India's Experiment with Tolerance,
by Purushottama Bilimoria Chapter 10: The Tolerations of Theravada
Buddhism, by Benjamin Schonthal Part IV: East Asia Chapter 11: An
Intolerant but Morally Indifferent Regime? Heresy and Immorality in Early
Modern Japan, by Koichiro Matsuda Chapter 12: Two Conceptions of Tolerating
in Confucian Thought, by Kam-por Yu Chapter 13: All Embracing: A Laozian
Version of Toleration, by Xiaogan Liu Conclusion, by Vicki A. Spencer
Suggested Further Readings About the Contributors