Toleration Identity And Difference

In this topical and authoritative discussion of the problems of toleration which arise in multi-cultural and multi-racial society, the authors focus their attention on the conflicts which can occur between minority cultures and the dominant society. They raise questions about the role of group membership in the formation of individual identity, the tensions which may arise between individual identity and allegiance to the group, and the possibility of resolving those tensions through dialogue. Taken as a whole, the collection aims to explore the justification of toleration in modern liberal political theory and to investigate the implications of that theory for political practice.

The collection aims to explore the justification of toleration in modern liberal political theory, and to investigate the implications of that theory for political practice.

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Gathered from a conference sponsored by the U. of York's Toleration Program in 1995, these nine essays by British political theorists focus on tolerance as a virtue; and its relation to the moral will, liberalism, beliefs, identity, conflict, deliberative politics, and the logic of intercultural evaluation. The editors commence with John Rawls' philosophizing over "the fact of reasonable pluralism" (, 1993). Another title provocatively states the issue as: "the politicisation of difference: does this make for a more intolerant society?" Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

John Horton is Lecturer in Politics at the University of York, Heslington.

Susan Mendus is Lecturer in Politics at Keele University, Staffs.