The Limits of tolerance : enlightenment values and religious fanaticism / Denis Lacorne

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lacorne, Denis, Author.

Contributor:

Delogu, C. Jon

Series:

Religion, Culture, and Public Life

Religion, Culture, and Public Life ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--History.

Freedom of religion.

Freedom of speech--History.

Freedom of speech.

Religious tolerance--History.

Religious tolerance.

Toleration--History.

Toleration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The modern notion of tolerance-the welcoming of diversity as a force for the common good-emerged in the Enlightenment in the wake of centuries of religious wars. First elaborated by philosophers such as John Locke and Voltaire, religious tolerance gradually gained ground in Europe and North America. But with the resurgence of fanaticism and terrorism, religious tolerance is increasingly being challenged by frightened publics.In this book, Denis Lacorne traces the emergence of the modern notion of religious tolerance in order to rethink how we should respond to its contemporary tensions. In a wide-ranging argument that spans the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian republic, and recent controversies such as France's burqa ban and the white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, The Limits of Tolerance probes crucial questions: Should we impose limits on freedom of expression in the name of human dignity or decency? Should we accept religious symbols in the public square? Can we tolerate the intolerant? While acknowledging that tolerance can never be entirely without limits, Lacorne defends the Enlightenment concept against recent attempts to circumscribe it, arguing that without it a pluralistic society cannot survive. Awarded the Prix Montyon by the Académie Française, The Limits of Tolerance is a powerful reflection on twenty-first-century democracy's most fundamental challenges.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

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

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780231547048

0231547048

OCLC:

1079400439