The new religious intolerance
Subtitle: overcoming the politics of fear in an anxious age
By: Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780674065901
Subjects: Religious discrimination; Freedom of religion; Fear; Religious tolerance; Religious aspects
Description: "What impulse prompted some newspapers to attribute the murder of 77 Norwegians to Islamic extremists, until it became evident that a right-wing Norwegian terrorist was the perpetrator? Why did Switzerland, a country of four minarets, vote to ban those structures? How did a proposed Muslim cultural center in lower Manhattan ignite a fevered political debate across the United States? In The New Religious Intolerance, Martha C. Nussbaum surveys such developments and identifies the fear behind these reactions. Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, she suggests a route past this limiting response and toward a more equitable, imaginative, and free society." -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion: a time of anxiety and suspicion; title: Fear: a narcissistic emotion; title: First principles: equal respect for conscience; title: The mote in my brother's eye: impartiality and the examined life; title: Inner eyes: respect and the sympathetic imagination; title: The case of Park51; title: Overcoming the politics of fear.