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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.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of contributors -- Preface -- What is pluralism? An introduction -- PART I Epistemic pluralism and democracy -- 1 From pluralism to liberalism: the long way around -- 2 Pluralism and deliberation -- 3 Social choice or collective decision-making: what is politics all about? -- 4 Liberalism, pluralism, and a third way -- PART II Political pluralism and reasonable consensus -- 5 Sideways at the entrance of the cave: a pluralist footnote to Plato -- 6 Pluralism and the possibility of a liberal political consensus -- 7 Modus vivendi liberalism, practice dependence and political legitimacy -- 8 A pluralist model of democracy -- 9 Rawls, religion, and the clash of civilizations -- PART III Cultures, religions, and politics -- 10 The practice of liberty -- 11 Sharing a conception of justice, sharing a conception of the good: liberalism as a pluralist theory vs. pluralism as a non-liberal theory -- 12 Pluralism and solidarity: non-authoritarian reasoning and non-fundamentalist attitude -- 13 Populism, liberalism and nationalism -- Index.

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 -- 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.