Toleration, Identity and Difference

In this collection of essays distinguished political philosophers discuss the problems of toleration which arise in multi-cultural and multi-racial society. They ask whether allegiance to the group should take priority over allegiance to the wider society, whether individual identity is formed by the community, and how the rival values of different groups are to be accommodated in liberal polities. The essays are accessible to the lay reader and will also be of interest to students of political philosophy, and cultural and social studies.