Education and the Paradigm of Tolerance

The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series "Philosophy. Philosophical Peripeteias", 2020

An important issue in the article is the historical and modern approach to the problem of social tolerance, tracking the historical stages of its development and the current situation. Here it is necessary to distinguish between social tolerance as a phenomenon and a concept. Tolerance, acceptance of diversity – this is the principle of coexistence in intergroup, intercultural relations. Social tolerance ensures stable peaceful interaction of people, public associations and subjects with common and specific views, beliefs and cultures. Although social “tolerance” is a word of Latin origin and is translated into our language as “endurance”, its translation in this sense does not fully cover the content of the concept. Because the word “endurance” has a negative connotation and is essentially a must. This is why tolerance cannot be equated with endurance. The fact that the term “social tolerance” is translated into different languages according to its meaning, for example, “restraint”...

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018

Research background. The notion of tolerance is used in various contexts, but nevertheless it remains ambiguous. The very fact that educators, politicians, and philosophers again and again face questions about the meaning of value term “tolerance”, stresses the vivid necessity of continuous attempts to elucidate the notion of tolerance at the theoretical level.Research aim was to provide relevant arguments for the thesis that tolerance is a context dependent notion and therefore the claims about tolerance “in general” are ambiguous, uninformative, and non-instructive.Research method. Our research methodology was philosophical reflection involving conceptual analysis and the application of the outcomes to education sciences.Research results. If we are to understand and define the concept of tolerance, we need a broader understanding of what is good and what is bad, understanding of what behaviour is expected from us under certain cultural circumstances.Discussion an...

2008

“The subject of tolerance is very important in our pluralistic world, requiring the necessity of transcending and overcoming intolerant outlooks, and by recognizing the right of diversity, a prerequisite for the flourishing of democracy and human rights in society. The quest for tolerance is tantamount to making the phenomenon of diversity a reality, so that a dialogue might take place between individuals and groups. “Contemporary studies have shown that the concept of tolerance had existed prior to our modern times. It was necessary for the rise of a peaceful coexistence within society. It had not always been observed because political authorities often imposed their outlooks on society. On occasion, they acknowledged the legality of pluralist groups, affording them minimal freedoms, in harmony with the values of the time.

Philosophica, 2000

The article deals with the ideological sources of tolerance in the works by Nicholas of Cusa and John Amos Comenius. In his work, Nicholas of Cusa elaborated the idea that religious tolerance is based on a specific philosophical-theological concept of unity as the foundation for a peaceful coexistence of different religions and cultures. The prevailing concept in the work of John Amos Comenius is the synthesis of the Christian notion of Imago Dei with the idea of human equality and education, which leads to cultural tolerance as a precondition of peace and social stability. Legitimization of religious differences on the background of metaphysics (Nicholas of Cusa) and emphasis on dignity and natural human ability (John Amos Comenius) represent two humanistic visions leading to re-establishment of peace among ifferent religions, cultures and traditions. The concept of tolerance at both thinkers is connected to the idea of unity, universality, peace, reconciliation, brotherhood and dignity of human life.

Back to Square One: Fostering a Culture of Tolerance as a Way of Modern Society's Development, 2019

The article discusses the issues of fostering tolerance in a multicultural society. The author suggests a hypothesis on the factors that develop tolerance in representatives of a national / linguistic minority. The study is of an interdisciplinary nature, and it integrates background knowledge and research tools of such disciplines as history, culture studies, psychology, education, sociology, intercultural communication, linguistics, etc. The study focuses on the contemporary Russian community in Estonia and its relations with the title ethnos. The implementation of the case study methodology allows to follow the history of the interconnections between the Russian and the Estonian communities, to reveal the psychological vector of their development, to define topical issues of the current situation and to map solutions to the revealed problems. As the questions of fostering a culture of tolerance is also important in other countries in the world, the results of the conducted qualitative research are believed to present both theoretical and practical interest extending beyond the context of the Estonian society.

2019

Review Article The concept of tolerance, widely used today, contains many controversial aspects that question its use, although tolerance is a “good” required in the pluralistic and multicultural democratic societies. Through a brief survey on the authors who first introduced the concept in western culture, the main reasons that justify the opportunity to educate to tolerance today are explored.

In the globalized, postmodern world, the production of encounters and crashes between dissimilar cultures, ways of life, and systems of values has drastically increased in number. More and more frequently, they originate harsh conflicts, exhibiting the existence of alternative and apparently incompatible ways of living and thinking – culturally, religiously, economically and politically speaking. In this context, words as tolerance and intolerance have been put at the heart of the political debate. However, what is the real meaning of these political concepts? Why did they originate and how did the developed over time? Do they still represent a valid resource for comprehending our current societies and dealing with them? Through the different voices of several scholars in the humanities, this book traces the history of tolerance since the wars of religion to the contemporary age, combining the historical reconstruction with a theoretical and critical analysis of the idea and practice of tolerance in different epochs and places. The obstacle course depicted here reveals the constitutive fragility of this concept that, however, cannot be totally dismissed from our political vocabulary. Contributors: José Luis Villacañas Berlanga (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) ; Judith Vega (University of Groningen) ; Miguel Giusti (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perù) ; Fabrizio Lomonaco (University of Napoli « Federico II»); Alberto Carrara (University of Brescia); Enrico Zucchi (University of Padova); Angelo Monaco (University of Pisa); Vincent Tiberj (Sciences Po – Paris); Vincenzo Pace (University of Padova); Paolo Scotton (IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca); Adone Brandalise (University of Padova).