About the Book: Rethinking Pluralism, Secularism and Tolerance: Anxieties of
Coexistence
How can people who speak different languages, worship different gods and
subscribe to different conceptions of the good live together with a degree of
civility, dignity and mutual respect? It is not easy to find an answer to this
troubled question, given recent political developments in many parts of the
world. Today, the world is marked by extreme intolerance towards racial, sexual,
religious and ethnic minorities and refugees. It is stamped with the disturbing
consequences of religious strife. In these troubled times, Rethinking Pluralism,
Secularism and Tolerance: Anxieties of Coexistence takes on the difficult task
of