Denis Lacorne ; translated by C. Jon Delogu and Robin Emlein.
New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2019]
1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages)
Religion, culture, and public life
Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tolerance according to John Locke -- Voltaire and modern tolerance -- Tolerance in America -- Tolerance in the Ottoman Empire -- Tolerance in Venice -- On blasphemy -- Multicultural tolerance -- Of veils and unveiling -- New restrictions, new forms of tolerance -- Should we tolerate the enemies of tolerance? -- Tolerance in the age of terrorism.
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Denis Lacorne traces the emergence of the modern notion of religious tolerance in order to rethink how we should respond to its contemporary tensions. He defends the Enlightenment concept against recent attempts to circumscribe it, arguing that without it a pluralistic society cannot survive.