03526nam a2200505Ia 4500 ocn821898295 OCoLC 20200709055654.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121218s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781139624756 (electronic bk.) 113962475X (electronic bk.) 9780521885775 0521885779 (OCoLC)821898295 508260 (N$T) HM1271 .F6962 2012eb REL 084000 bisacsh 201/.723 23 POL010000 bisacsh N$TA Forst, Rainer, 1964- author. Toleration in conflict [electronic resource] : past and present / Rainer Forst. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. Ideas in context "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"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine 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. Description based on print version record. Toleration History. Religious tolerance. Toleration Political aspects. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Forst, Rainer, 1964- author. Toleration in conflict. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521885775 (DLC) 2012019060 (OCoLC)794227974 Ideas in context. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=508260 EBSCOhost EBSC 508260 cpp2010 02 N$T 52102 52102