Toleration as Recognition

In this 2002 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. Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 10 WHY IS TOLERATION STILL A PROBLEM?......Page 11 THE LIMITS OF LIBERAL TOLERATION......Page 15 TOLERATION AS RECOGNITION......Page 20 RECOGNITION, LIBERALISM, AND IDENTITY POLITICS......Page 24 THE CONCEPT OF TOLERATION......Page 30 RELIGIOUS CONFLICT, TOLERATION, AND LIBERALISM......Page 33 NEUTRALISM VERSUS PERFECTIONISM......Page 37 TOLERATION AND PERFECTIONISM......Page 49 TWO LIBERAL CONCEPTIONS OF TOLERATION: A COMPARISON......Page 58 CRITICISMS OF LIBERAL NEUTRALITY......Page 63 NEUTRALITY REEXAMINED......Page 68 PLURALISM AND TOLERATION......Page 75 THE COUNTER-ARGUMENT OF THE NEUTRALIST LIBERAL......Page 78 CONCLUSIONS......Page 85 APPENDIX: MORAL CONFLICT......Page 88 CONDITIONS FOR TOLERATION......Page 95 TOLERATION IN PUBLIC: WHAT IS AT STAKE?......Page 105 TOLERATION AS RECOGNITION......Page 109 ACCEPTANCE AND STABILIZATION......Page 119 CONCLUSIONS......Page 122 INTRODUCTION......Page 125 L’ AFFAIRE DU FOULARD AND LIBERAL TOLERATION......Page 127 ISLAMIC SYMBOLS AND THE STATE/ CHURCH SEPARATION......Page 131 RESTATING THE PROBLEM......Page 141 INTRODUCTION......Page 147 AN EASY ANSWER: LIMITS TO THE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES OF RACISM......Page 153 THE CASE OF THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL CLAUSE AGAINST FASCISM......Page 157 HATE SPEECH......Page 160 THE GERMAN SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ON HISTORICAL REVISIONISM......Page 170 CONCLUSION......Page 177 INTRODUCTION......Page 179 THE GAY MOVEMENT AND TOLERATION AS RECOGNITION......Page 180 MARRIAGE OR PARTNERSHIP?......Page 189 THE LOGIC-OF-MARRIAGE ARGUMENT......Page 193 CONCLUSION......Page 199 THE ARGUMENT FOR TOLERATION AS RECOGNITION......Page 202 THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION......Page 207 A DIFFERENT PATH FOR THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION: COLLECTIVE LIBERTY......Page 219 TWO OBJECTIONS TO TOLERATION AS RECOGNITION......Page 229 Conclusion......Page 235 Bibliography......Page 239 Index......Page 251 "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."--Jacket Toleration is the social virtue and the political principle that allows for the peaceful coexistence of individuals and groups who hold different views and practice different ways of life within the same society.

Advances a new conception of toleration as recognition, drawing on a revision of liberal theory.