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The new religious intolerance : overcoming the politics of fear in an anxious age / Martha C. Nussbaum.
LIBRA BL640 .N88 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of religion.
- Religious tolerance.
- Religious discrimination.
- Fear--Religious aspects.
- Fear.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 285 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, Nussbaum takes religious intolerance to task, identifies the fear behind it, and offers a way past with universal principles of respect for conscience.
- Contents:
- Religion: a time of anxiety and suspicion
- Fear: a narcissistic emotion
- First principles: equal respect for conscience
- The mote in my brother's eye: impartiality and the examined life
- Inner eyes: respect and the sympathetic imagination
- The case of Park51
- Overcoming the politics of fear.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674065901
- 0674065905
- OCLC:
- 758384050
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