Tolerance in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges

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Tolerance in the 21st Century investigates some of the key philosophical and practical dilemmas surrounding the implementation and realization of tolerance in the 21st century. In particular, this well thought-out volume investigates the political, social, moral, religious, global, and philosophical issues integral to discussions of tolerance in our current era. The work delves into new areas assessing the problems posed for tolerance by such factors as identity, war, community, the Internet, and gender. Each essay is written by expert scholars who seek to share their particular expertise with some of the most important and essential questions concerning tolerance. Editor Gerson Moreno-Riano has collected essays that ask not only where we are now in the study of tolerance but also seek to make a positive contribution to the study of tolerance by suggesting what can and should be done to further policies and practices of tolerance as well as investigating the limits of tolerance. Tolerance in the 21st Century is certain to delight scholars of political and democratic theory, political participation and citizenship, and American politics.

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This distinguished group of political scientists, philosophers and economists addresses how technological change and the global economy affect the role of tolerance in domestic and international politics. These essays challenge us to examine the extent to which modern democracies canor should-compromise their values when confronted with forces that reject democratic ideas of tolerance. Must democracies tolerate the intolerant -- Michael Margolis, University of Cincinnati
The study of toleration in contemporary political science has been deeply bifurcated between empirical and philosophical modes of inquiry. The admirable and wholly original purpose of Tolerance in the Twenty-First Century is to draw the two aspects of the toleration literature into conversation in order to enrich both. The individual contributors perform yeomen's service in achieving this collective goal-the chapters are uniformly clear, accessible and profound, offering the opportunity for empiricists to understand the insights of their normative colleagues, and philosophers to grasp the value of empirical investigations. The volume deserves to gain a wide readership among theorists and philosophers no less than scientific scholars of politics. -- Cary J. Nederman, Texas A&M University

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Gerson Moreno-Riano is Associate Professor of Politcal Science at Cedarville University and a fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship at the University of Cincinnati.