Toleration and identity : foundations in early modern thought / Ingrid Creppell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Creppell, Ingrid, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toleration.

Group identity.

Social conflict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recently, there has been a notable rise in interest in the idea of ""toleration"", a rise that Ingrid Creppell argues comes more from distressing political developments than positive ones, and almost all of them are related to issues of identity: rampant genocide in the 20th Century, the resurgence of religious fundamentalism around the world; and ethnic-religious wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In Toleration and Identity, Creppell argues that a contemporary ethic of toleration must include recognition of identity issues, and that the traditional liberal ideal of toleratio

Contents:

Toleration and Identity Foundations in Early Modern Thought; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: Basic Reconceptions; Chapter 2 Language and Identity:Making Toleration a Norm; Chapter 3 Bodin and the State: Structuring a Political Self; Chapter 4 Montaigne and the Body: Self-Reflection in Time; Chapter 5 Locke and Society: Boundaries of Recognition; Chapter 6 Defoe and the Individual: Forms of Public Judgment; Chapter 7 Rebuilding Toleration; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Introduction : basic reconceptions -- Language and identity : making toleration a norm -- Bodin and the state : structuring a political self -- Montaigne and the body : self-reflection in time -- Locke and society : boundaries of recognition -- Defoe and the individual : forms of public judgment -- Rebuilding toleration.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-06146-0

0-203-61645-6

1-283-88673-1

1-136-06138-X

9780203616451

OCLC:

823389097