In this book Anna Elisabetta Galeotti examines the most intractable problemswhich toleration encounters and argues that what is really at stake is notreligious ... » 

In this book Anna Elisabetta Galeotti examines the most intractable problemswhich toleration encounters and argues that what is really at stake is notreligious or moral disagreement but the unequal status of different socialgroups. Liberal theories of toleration fail to grasp this and consequently comeup with normative solutions that are inadequate when confronted withcontroversial cases. Galeotti proposes as an alternative toleration asrecognition which addresses the problem of according equal respect to groupsas well as equal liberty to individuals. She offers an interpretation that isboth a revision and an expansion of liberal theory in which tolerationconstitutes an important component not only of a theory of justice but also ofthe politics of identity. Her study will appeal to a wide range of readers inpolitical philosophy political theory and law. «