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Tolerance is a key concept in contemporary political theory & practice. Clearly, it is linked to such difficult classical questions as rights, freedom, state neutrality, the role of autonomy in liberalism, the limits of toleration, etc. However, nowadays, the concept of tolerance also cuts across several important political issues: multiculturalism, pluralism, the "rights" of cultures, interculturalism, reflexivity & dialogue as foundations of democracy, etc. This paper analyses the concept & explores its theoretical difficulties. 28 References. Adapted from the source document.

An introductory essay presenting the topics of the contributions to this issue of the journal, which address, among others, the relationship between politics & law, distribution of power in contemporary democracies, the relationship between nation & democracy in various models of federalism, & the crisis of the public sphere in contemporary democracies. The topics of citizenship, representation in democracy, immigration, & ecological politics discussed in the review articles are mentioned. It is noted that political theory faces conceptual & methodological challenges to adequately explain & describe the transformations & profound changes that have recently occurred, & many are still underway, in contemporary politics. It is observed that the conceptual arsenal that political theory has at its disposal is often too antiquated, inadequate, & limited to furnish viable accounts of present-day political realities. Z. Dubiel

Usually the question of "reasons of state" is considered to be a thing of the past, something that belongs to historians & not political scientists. From the point of view of political theory, it is considered to be normatively dead: the reasons of state are always illegitimate & our democratic systems have set up institutional mechanisms designed to ensure their disappearance. This article seeks to question these ideas, & in order to do so, it starts by defining what we might mean by reasons of state, before going on to describe briefly how the Enlightenment sought to overcome them through the subordination of politics to law. Finally, through an analysis of the concept of procedural justice & of the Rawlsian overlapping consensus, it criticizes the "juridification' of political theory, opposing the hegemony of the judiciary over the other powers, & provides the case for a theoretical & practical space informed by judgment, reflexivity & deliberation. Adapted from the source document.