| Description |
1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Themes in World History |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Definitions and Rationale; The Challenge of Definition; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Early Societies and Civilizations; Primitive Settings; Early Civilizations and the Classical Empires; The Impact of Religious Change: Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Christianity and Islam; Christianity; Islam; Tolerance in the Religious Age; Further Reading; Chapter 4: New Directions and New Challenges: The Early Modern Period, 1450-1750 |
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Empires and Diversity: Adapting PrecedentsTolerance and Tension in the Islamic World: Adapting Precedents; Western Christianity: New Intolerance and Innovation in Response; The Global Framework: The Impact of New Contacts on Tolerance; Conclusion: Global Diversity; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Tolerance in the Long Nineteenth Century: New Triumphs, New Challenges From Atlantic Revolutions to the Two World Wars; Triumphs of Tolerance: The Atlantic Revolutions and Their Aftermath; Limits on Western Tolerance; Imperialism; Nationalism and the Modern State |
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Conclusion: Tolerance, Modern Globalization, and a Global CollapseFurther Reading; Chapter 6: Tolerance in Contemporary World History: A New Balance Sheet; The Overall Framework; Gaining New Ground; Countercurrents: Backlash, New Complexities, and Regional Division; Backlash and New Debate: Are Some Groups Being Tolerated More Than Others?; Regional Alternatives: Where Tolerance Retreated; Conclusion: A provisional balance sheet; Further Reading; Chapter 7: Globalization -- and a New Retreat?; Globalization and Its Discontents; The Recent Retreat; Conclusion; Further Reading; Conclusion; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Toleration -- History
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Toleration
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1351839209 |
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9781351839204 |
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