Toleration as Recognition

by Anna Elisabetta Galeotti

• ISBN13: 9780521619936
• ISBN10: 0521619939
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In this book, Anna Elisabetta Galeotti examines the most intractable problems which toleration encounters and argues that what is really at stake is not religious or moral disagreement but the unequal status of different social groups. Liberal theories of toleration fail to grasp this and consequently come up with normative solutions that are inadequate when confronted with controversial cases. Galeotti proposes, as an alternative, toleration as recognition, which addresses the problem of according equal respect to groups as well as equal liberty to individuals. She offers an interpretation that is both a revision and an expansion of liberal theory, in which toleration constitutes an important component not only of a theory of justice, but also of the politics of identity. Her study will appeal to a wide range of readers in political philosophy, political theory, and law.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	1	(19)
1 Liberal theories of toleration	20	(33)
2 The limits of liberal toleration	53	(32)
3 Toleration reconsidered	85	(30)
4 The Islamic veil in French schools	115	(22)
5 Should we tolerate racism?	137	(32)
6 Same-sex marriages	169	(23)
7 Toleration and identity politics	192	(33)
Conclusion	225	(4)
Bibliography	229	(12)
Index	241