Toleration and identity : foundations in early modern thought

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

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ISBN: 9780415933025
ISBN: 0415933021
ISBN: 9780415933018
ISBN: 0415933013
ISBN: 9781283886734
ISBN: 1283886731
ISBN: 9780203616451
ISBN: 0203616456
ISBN: 9780203616451
ISBN: 113606138X
ISBN: 9781136061387
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages)
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Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	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.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.