ON TOLERANCE: A DEFENCE OF MORAL INDEPENDENCE

Book ID/图书代码： 12771011B49114

English Summary/英文概要： Outwardly, we live in an era that appears more open-minded, non-judgemental and tolerant than in any time in human history. The very term intolerant invokes moral condemnation. We are constantly reminded to understand the importance of respecting different cultures and diversities. In this pugnacious new book, Frank Furedi argues that despite the democratisation of public life and the expansion of freedom, society is dominated by a culture that not only tolerates but often encourages intolerance. Often the intolerance is directed at people who refuse to accept the conventional wisdom and who are stigmatised as ’deniers’. Frequently intolerance comes into its own in clashes over cultural values and lifestyles. People are condemned for the food they eat, how they parent and for wearing religious symbols in public.

This book challenges the ’quiet mood of tolerance’ towards morally stigmatised forms of behaviour. The author examines recent forms of ’unacceptable behaviour’. It will tease out the real motives and drivers of intolerance.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 从表面上来看，现在的我们似乎处于一个更为开放的时代，没有过多的干涉，人类历史上的任何时期都没有当前的看起来这么具有包容性。而偏执不容异己者则会遭到普遍的道德谴责，因而我们总是被不断灌输，要明白尊重多元文化和多样性的重要性。本书或许略带有一丝火药味，作者弗兰克•弗雷德认为社会的主流文化主宰了社会，这一文化不应该仅仅是宽容的，同时更需要不时的鼓励不宽容的存在，不管如今的公共生活已渐趋民主化到什么程度，也不管自由的观念已经有多么深入人心。通常我们说的那些不宽容者，指的是那些拒绝接受传统知识观念，因而被打上了“否认者”烙印的人们。大部分情况下，当人们的文化价值和生活方式发生冲突时，不容忍就随之产生了，人们在各种情形下均遭到各种谴责，可能是他们吃的食物，他们教育孩子的方式，甚至是他们穿戴的宗教象征的饰物。

本书将用道德上不支持的不宽容行为来挑战我们已经习以为常的所谓宽容理论，作者参照考察了人们无法接受的道德行为进行考证，而这将极大的让我们看清所谓宽容背后的隐藏和不宽容产生的根源。(兼职翻译-DC)

Awards/获奖情况：’Frank Furedi is one of our great public intellectuals.Boldly going where others fear to tread, he seizes upon key contemporary themes and challenges lazy thinking. On Tolerance is a glorious affront to the banal usage of the term and a revitalisation of what being tolerant really means. He presents tolerance to us as a precious resource in need of constant intellectual renewal. A great book for our times.’---Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
“弗兰克•弗雷德是一位伟大的公共学者，他勇于踏入大部分人不敢涉足的领域，他关注的是当下的主流，挑战懒惰的思想。《论宽容》大胆的公然挑衅对于宽容这一词的陈腐见解，并赋予它全新的涵义。他向我们展示的宽容是一个需要不断从智力上重新定义的宽容，一言以蔽之，这是这个时代的一本佳作。”---巴罗尼斯•海蕾娜•肯尼迪 QC

’Being tolerant of ideas we hate is hard work but offers innumerable benefits to ourselves and society. Frank Furedi’s powerful critique of what passes for tolerance today reminds us of this essential truth.’---Professor Alan Wolfe, Boston College, USA
“具有海纳百川的精神，我们通常会厌烦困难的工作，但这也常常会给我们自己和社会带来诸多好处。弗兰克•弗雷德有力的向我们批判了当前的宽容风气，让我们重温了其间的真谛。”---阿兰•沃尔夫教授，波士顿学院，美国

‘Furedi gives his readers an in-depth analysis and (hopefully) ultimate understanding of all things on the tolerance radar.’---The Bookbag
“弗雷德对宽容进行了深入的分析，并让读者们彻底的了解了宽容到底是什么。”---《书袋》

’The sociologist argues that in our modern multicultural world we have lost sight of what it means to be truly tolerant. http://www.frankfuredi.com/index.php/news/article/491/’---The Sunday Times
“社会学家们认为在当今多元文化的社会背景下，我们已经渐渐迷失，渐渐看不清什么才是真正的容。”http://www.frankfuredi.com/index.php/news/article/491/’---《周末报》

’[this book will] will infuriate and delight in equal measure.’---The Guardian
“这本书有本事让你既爱又恨。”-----《卫报》

’Furedi’s more than merely tolerable book perfectly illustrates his main point. It should be welcomed... because tolerance does matter, and received ideas about what it means need to be challenged fiercely and intelligently.’---The Financial Times
“弗雷德的这本书覆盖性极广，却又恰到好处的称述了他自己的观点，真本书应该受到重视，并会大受欢迎。。。。。。因为当今社会，宽容极为重要，因为坚持真理必然会受到严厉的挑战。”--《金融时报》

’... Furedi has addressed a subject of the greatest importance, has uncovered numerous contradictions and much deep hypocrisy in our social discourse, and for this he is to be respected in the strongest sense, indeed greatly admired.’---The Times Higher Education Supplement
“。。。。。。弗雷德选了一个最为重要的话题来讨论，揭示了社会进程中无数的自相矛盾之处，并揭露了许多伪善的方面，就凭这一点，他便足以受到我们的尊进和景仰。---《时代高等教育增刊》

About the Author/作者介绍： Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is the author of numerous books including Culture of Fear, Invitation to Terror and Paranoid Parenting, all published by Continuum.
弗兰克•弗雷德，坎特伯雷肯特大学社会学教授，著有许多书籍，包括《畏惧文化》，《直面恐惧》，《偏执教育》，均由Continuum出版社出版。

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