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"The problem of value pluralism permeates modern political philosophy. Its presence can be felt even when it is not explicitly the central topic under investigation. Political thinkers such as Max Weber, Isaiah Berlin and Stuart Hampshire derive pessimistic, sometimes tragic, conclusions from their reflections upon pluralism."--Page 4 of cover

Prominent political theorist defends democratic pluralism as a political stance.

The problem of value pluralism permeates modern political philosophy. Its presence can be felt even when it is not explicitly the central topic under investigation. Political thinkers such as Max Weber, Isaiah Berlin and Stuart Hampshire derive pessimistic, sometimes tragic, conclusions from their reflections upon pluralism. On the other hand, there is a more optimistic view represented by John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas that sees value pluralism as a problem that is easier to live with. This book presents the first accessible overview for both post- and undergraduate students of the way in which this problem has been understood and responded to by modern political thinkers.

Introduction: the pluralist stance / Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, and C. Kenneth Waters -- The many unities of science : politics, semantics, and ontology / Alan W. Richardson -- Perspectival pluralism / Ronald N. Giere -- Plurality and complementarity in quantum dynamics / Michael Dickson -- Pluralism and the foundations of mathematics / Geoffrey Hellman and John L. Bell -- Pluralisms in economics / Esther-Mirjam Sent -- Theoretical pluralism and the scientific study of behavior / Helen E. Longino -- A new/old (pluralist) resolution of the mind-body problem / C. Wade Savage -- Explanations of the evolution of sex : a plurality of local mechanisms / Carla Fehr -- A pluralist interpretation of gene-centered biology / C. Kenneth Waters -- Disciplinary pluralism for science studies / Stephen H. Kellert

We inhabit a world of differences - cultural, religious, moral, philosophical. The question that preoccupies the contributors to this volume is whether the fact of difference - plurality - inevitably leads to the conclusion that there cannot be a single truth, even in moral matters. As befits a volume on pluralism, it brings together a wide variety of contributors with different backgrounds and distinctive skills and attitudes. The implications of plurality are examined with regard to religion, morality and philosophy itself, but the essays range widely to consider how we should respond at the social and political levels to the facts of plurality and the claims of the pluralist. No reader will be left in any doubt that the debate about pluralism raises questions that are fundamental not only for philosophical argumentation but for society at large

Theme 1. The challenge to reclaim pluralism in economics -- Theme 2. Role of history of economic thought in the path to pluralism -- Theme 3. Pluralism begins : classical ideas, yesterday and today -- Theme 4. Pluralism develops : twentieth century alternatives -- Theme 5. Mainstream economics and neoliberalism : resistance to pluralism -- Conclusion : the road to reclaiming pluralism in economics.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for "Emergent Religious Pluralisms" -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 Emergent Religious Pluralisms: Ideals and Realities in a Changing World -- Pluralism(s) -- The Challenges of Religious Pluralism -- Chapter Overview -- References -- 2 Islamic Cosmopolitanism: Muslim Minorities and Religious Pluralism in North America and Europe -- Islamic Cosmopolitanism: Post-national, Rooted and Hermeneutic -- Islamic Cosmopolitanism as Post-national -- Islamic Cosmopolitanism as Rooted -- Islamic Cosmopolitanism as Hermeneutic -- Islamic Cosmopolitanism: British Civility and American Exceptionalism -- Public Religion, British Civility and Christmas Television Advertising in Britain -- American Exceptionalism, the 'Muslim Ban' and Patriotic Citizenship -- Muslim Minorities, Islamic Cosmopolitanism and the Future of Religious Pluralism -- References -- 3 The Boundaries of Religious Pluralism -- Canadian Controversy -- Conflicts Between Policies: Accommodation Negotiations -- From Conflict to Cooperation: The Hardware of Pluralism -- From Controversy in the Canadian Family to Cooperation from the Canadian Family -- References -- 4 Writing in Palimpsests: Performative Acts and Tactics in Everyday Life of Chinese Muslims -- Managing Religious Diversity: Hui Muslims in China -- Sini Calligraphy: Writing as a Performative Act of Piety -- 'Love Country, Love Religion': Performative Tactics and Intermediary Institution -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Religious Pluralism, Interfaith Dialogue and Postwar Lebanon -- Interreligious Dialogue in Lebanon -- Lebanon in Context -- Liberal Democracy and Consociational Democracy -- Adyan and Dialogue for Life and Reconciliation (DLR) -- Spaces of Encounter -- Discourses of Engagement -- Conclusion -- References.

Intro -- Emancipating Cultural Pluralism -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1. Introduction -- 1. Overview and Critique of the Present Research into the Politics of Cultural Pluralism by Cris Toffolo -- Part 2. Transforming the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological Terrain -- 2. A Propaedeutic to the Theorizing of Cultural Pluralism by Jeff Hoover -- 3. The Ethnic State: The Structural Generation of Ethnic Conflict by the International System by Virginia Q. Tilley -- 4. Cleansing Ethnicity: Taking Group Harms Seriously by Thomas W. Simon -- Part 3. Interrogating the Logic of Cultural Politics -- 5. Forjando Patria: Anthropology, Criminology, and the Post-Revolutionary Discourse on Citizenship by Robert Buffington -- 6. The Shari'a State The Case of the Islamists in the Sudan by Ismail H. Abdalla -- 7. Mahatma Gandhi on Indian Self-Rule: An Instrumentalist, an Ethno-Symbolic, or a Psychological Discourse of Nationalism? by Manfred B. Steger -- 8. Here We Do Not Speak Bhojpuri: A Semantics of Opposition by Beth Simon -- 9. Reclaiming Sacred Hindu Space at Ayodhya: The Hindu Right and the Politics of Cultural Symbolism in Contemporary India by Ellen Christensen -- Part 4. Transforming the Institutional Framework -- 10. Self-Government in the Darjeeling Hills of India by Selma K. Sonntag -- 11. Politics of State Creation and Ethnic Relations in Nigeria: The Case of Former Bendel State by Paul G. Adogamhe -- 12. Ethnicity and Constitutionalism in Ethiopia by Assefaw Bariagaber -- Part 5. Conclusion -- 13. Afterword: Interrogating the Emancipation of Cultural Pluralism by Crawford Young -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

From pluralism to liberalism : the long way around / Robert Talisse -- Pluralism and deliberation / Matteo Bianchin -- Social choice or collective decision-making : what is politics all about? / Thomas Mulligan -- Liberalism, pluralism, and a third way / Giulia Bistagnino -- Sideways at the entrance of the cave : a pluralist footnote to Plato / Alessandro Ferrara -- Pluralism and the possibility of a liberal political consensus / Catherine Audard -- Modus Vivendi liberalism, practice-dependence and political legitimacy / Valentina Gentile -- A pluralist model of democracy / Maeve Cooke -- Rawls, religion, and the clash of civilizations / David Rasmussen -- The practice of liberty / Erin Kelly -- Sharing a conception of justice, sharing a conception of the good : liberalism as a pluralist theory vs. Pluralism as a non-liberal theory / Ingrid Salvatore -- Pluralism and solidarity : non-authoritarian reasoning and non-fundamentalist attitude / Sadek Karim -- Populism, liberalism and nationalism / Volker Kaul.

Michael B. Gill offers a new account of Humean moral pluralism: the view that there are different moral reasons for action, which are based on human sentiments. He explores its historical origins, and argues that it offers the most compelling view of our moral experience. Together, pluralism and Humeanism make a philosophically powerful couple.