Tolerance Dissent And Democracy

Author : Nuraan Davids,Yusef Waghid
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319581095

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Tolerance and Dissent within Education by Nuraan Davids,Yusef Waghid Pdf

This book explores how the concept of tolerance might be understood, cultivated and enacted in and through educational encounters. It argues that by opening up educational encounters to allow for ‘dissent’ – that is, disagreement, criticism and open dialogue – our everyday social life experiences and relationships would flourish, and potentially allow for a more peaceful and harmonious co-existence alongside those with whom we disagree. Dissent does not mean that ‘anything goes’; what is needed is considerate and responsible recognition of distinct and diverse perspectives. Tolerance is sometimes regarded as a simple and uncritical celebration of difference, and sometimes dismissed as a necessary and resentful acceptance of others. Here, the authors make a compelling case for ‘conditional tolerance’, which requires us to continuously reflect on the limits of what we are willing to tolerate. The book will be an indispensable resource for researchers and students working in the areas of education, philosophy and sociology, particularly those with an interest in educational freedom, democracy and social justice.

Author : Moshe Sokol
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0765761505

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Tolerance, Dissent, and Democracy by Moshe Sokol Pdf

This volume is the latest addition to the ongoing 'Orthodox Forum Series'. This collection ofessays is devoted to exploring three related issues that have received public attention following the assassination of Prim Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The first of these topics is the strengths and weaknesses of democracy, the second is tolerance toward others, and the third is the legitimacy of dissent.

Author : Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0674017684

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Why Societies Need Dissent by Cass R. Sunstein Pdf

Dissenters are often portrayed as selfish and disloyal, but Sunstein shows that those who reject pressures imposed by others perform valuable social functions, often at their own expense.

Author : Sebastian Brett,Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1564321924

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Limits of Tolerance by Sebastian Brett,Human Rights Watch (Organization) Pdf

History and Legal Norms

Author : Robert Paul Wolff,Barrington Moore,Herbert Marcuse
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Political science
ISBN : NWU:35556001348242

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A Critique of Pure Tolerance by Robert Paul Wolff,Barrington Moore,Herbert Marcuse Pdf

Author : John L. Sullivan,James Piereson,George E. Marcus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226779928

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Political Tolerance and American Democracy by John L. Sullivan,James Piereson,George E. Marcus Pdf

This path-breaking book reconceptualizes our understanding of political tolerance as well as of its foundations. Previous studies, the authors contend, overemphasized the role of education in explaining the presence of tolerance, while giving insufficient weight to personality and ideological factors. With an innovative methodology for measuring levels of tolerance more accurately, the authors are able to explain why particular groups are targeted and why tolerance is an inherently political concept. Far from abating, the degree of intolerance in America today is probably as great as it ever was; it is the targets of intolerance that have changed.

Author : Curtis W. Freeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Dissenters, Religious
ISBN : 148130688X

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Undomesticated Dissent by Curtis W. Freeman Pdf

"This book seeks to tell the story of religious dissent as a polemical and dialectical argument from the seventeenth century to the present, from Bunhill Fields to Plymouth Rock. Its narrative displays the ongoing contestation about the proper mode of dissent from evangelical to political to radical, and more importantly it places Bunyan, Defoe, and Blake and their writings within this extended argument"--Preface.

Author : Ephraim Yuchtman-Yaar,Yoḥanan Peres
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0847697134

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Between Consent and Dissent by Ephraim Yuchtman-Yaar,Yoḥanan Peres Pdf

In 1948 Israel was officially established as a democratic Jewish state. However, the desire to protect and develop Jewishness and democracy has generated constant tensions that have been exacerbated by external threats to the stateOs national security. The book examines the manifestations of these tensions and their impact on the publicOs commitment to democratic values and processes.

Author : Magnus Norell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135292812

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A Dissenting Democracy by Magnus Norell Pdf

A Dissenting Democracy explores the tension between the will of the whole of Israeli society and the right of the individual conscience to take precedence over that collective will. The author explores the dilemmas that stem from such an individual stance in relation to Jewish political culture.

Author : Malkopoulou Anthoula Malkopoulou
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781474445634

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Militant Democracy and Its Critics by Malkopoulou Anthoula Malkopoulou Pdf

Militant Democracy refers to the defensive policies democracies use to respond to antidemocratic movements. Can defensive efforts that curtail rights of participation be consistent with democratic values? In this collection of essays, scholars from across politics, philosophy and law address the unresolved practical and theoretical questions concerning democracy and extremism. The collection provides an update to a key contemporary debate in democratic theory and asks us to reconsider the potential promise and costs of militant democracy.

Author : Michael Margolis,Gerson Moreno-Riaño
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317018827

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The Prospect of Internet Democracy by Michael Margolis,Gerson Moreno-Riaño Pdf

The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens to organize and mobilize for action but it also provides new channels that established political, social and economic interests can use to extend their powers. Will the internet revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy is a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory. Focusing in particular on how political uses of the internet have affected or seem likely to affect patterns of influence among citizens, interest groups and political institutions, the authors examine whether the internet's impact on democratic politics is destined to repeat the history of other innovative ICTs. The volume explores the likely long-term effects of such uses on the conduct of politics in the USA and other nations that declare themselves modern democracies and assesses the extent to which they help or hinder viable democratic governance.

Author : Steven H. Shiffrin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780691070230

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Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America by Steven H. Shiffrin Pdf

Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country's major institutions--including the Supreme Court and the mass media--wrongly limit dissent. And he reflects on how society and the law should change to encourage nonconformity. Shiffrin is one of the country's leading first-amendment theorists. He advances his dissent-based theory of free speech with careful reference to its implications for such controversial topics of constitutional debate as flag burning, cigarette advertising, racist speech, and subsidizing the arts. He shows that a dissent-based approach would offer strong protection for free speech--he defends flag burning as a legitimate form of protest, for example--but argues that it would still allow for certain limitations on activities such as hate speech and commercial speech. Shiffrin adds that a dissent-based approach reveals weaknesses in the approaches to free speech taken by postmodernism, Republicanism, deliberative democratic theory, outsider jurisprudence, and liberal theory. Throughout the book, Shiffrin emphasizes the social functions of dissent: its role in combating injustice and its place in cultural struggles over the meanings of America. He argues, for example, that if we took a dissent-based approach to free speech seriously, we would no longer accept the unjust fact that public debate is dominated by the voices of the powerful and the wealthy. To ensure that more voices are heard, he argues, the country should take such steps as making defamation laws more hospitable to criticism of powerful people, loosening the grip of commercial interests on the media, and ensuring that young people are taught the importance of challenging injustice. Powerfully and clearly argued, Shiffrin's book is a major contribution to debate about one of the most important subjects in American public life.

Author : Jules Boykoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135518400

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The Suppression of Dissent by Jules Boykoff Pdf

Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, this book explores a wide range of twentieth century episodes of contention, involving such groups as mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and the modern-day globalization movement.

Author : Ranjan Ghosh,Antonia Navarro-Tejero
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135844714

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Globalizing Dissent by Ranjan Ghosh,Antonia Navarro-Tejero Pdf

Arundhati Roy is not only an accomplished novelist, but equally gifted in unraveling the politics of globalization, the power and ideology of corporate culture, fundamentalism, terrorism, and other issues gripping today’s world. This volume – featuring prominent scholars from throughout the world – examines Roy beyond the aesthetic parameters of her fiction, focusing also on her creative activism and struggles in global politics. The chapters travel to and fro between her non-fictional works – engaging activism on the streets and global forums – and its underlying roots in her novel. Roy is examined as a novelist, non-fiction writer, journalist, activist, feminist, screenwriter, ideologist, and architect. This volume presents Roy's interlocking network of the ideas, attitudes and ideologies that emerge from the contemporary social and the political world.

Author : Steven Levitsky,Daniel Ziblatt
Publisher : Crown
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781524762940

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How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky,Daniel Ziblatt Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Time • Foreign Affairs • WBUR • Paste Donald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no longer ends with a bang—in a revolution or military coup—but with a whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms. The good news is that there are several exit ramps on the road to authoritarianism. The bad news is that, by electing Trump, we have already passed the first one. Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved. Praise for How Democracies Die “What we desperately need is a sober, dispassionate look at the current state of affairs. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, two of the most respected scholars in the field of democracy studies, offer just that.”—The Washington Post “Where Levitsky and Ziblatt make their mark is in weaving together political science and historical analysis of both domestic and international democratic crises; in doing so, they expand the conversation beyond Trump and before him, to other countries and to the deep structure of American democracy and politics.”—Ezra Klein, Vox “If you only read one book for the rest of the year, read How Democracies Die. . . .This is not a book for just Democrats or Republicans. It is a book for all Americans. It is nonpartisan. It is fact based. It is deeply rooted in history. . . . The best commentary on our politics, no contest.”—Michael Morrell, former Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (via Twitter) “A smart and deeply informed book about the ways in which democracy is being undermined in dozens of countries around the world, and in ways that are perfectly legal.”—Fareed Zakaria, CNN