Discourses of tolerance and intolerance in the European Enlightenment
by Bödeker, Hans Erich, University of California, Los Angeles., Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Reill, Peter Hanns, Donato, Clorinda
fromUCLA Clark Memorial Library series
"The idea of tolerance is one of the most enduring legacies of the Enlightenment. However, there is a surprising lack of scholarly works that attempt to analyse the influence of tolerance on the individual during this period. This collection assesses, for the first time, the pos…
"The idea of tolerance is one of the most enduring legacies of the Enlightenment. However, there is a surprising lack of scholarly works that attempt to analyse the influence of tolerance on the individual during this period. This collection assesses, for the first time, the pos…
Spanning more than two centuries across colonial British America and the United States, this book offers an exploration of the early history of persecution and toleration. In many ways, religion was the United States' first prejudice, both an early source of bigotry and the obje…
Toleration is a core issue within contemporary political debates. The chapters in this work reflect on the importance of tolerance and the dangers of intolerance, both historically and in the present day.
