The Limits of Tolerance - 9780231187152

Columbia University Press

The Limits of ToleranceEnlightenment Values and Religious Fanaticism\nAuthor(s): Denis Lacorne, C. Jon Delogu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231187152, 978-0231187152\nSynopsis\nThe modern notion of tolerancethe welcoming of diversity as a force for the common goodemerged in the Enlightenment in the wake of centuries of religious wars. First elaborated by philosophers such as John Locke and Voltaire, religious tolerance gradually gained ground in Europe and North America. But with the resurgence of fanaticism and terrorism, religious tolerance is increasingly being challenged by frightened publics.\n\nIn this book, Denis Lacorne traces the emergence of the modern notion of religious tolerance in order to rethink how we should respond to its contemporary tensions. In a wide-ranging argument that spans the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian republic, and recent controversies such as Frances burqa ban a.