The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration

The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of toleration as the foundational idea associated with engagement with diversity. This handbook is intended to provide an authoritative exposition of contemporary accounts of toleration, the central justifications used to advance it, a presentation of the different concepts most commonly associated with it (e.g. respect, recognition) as well as the discussion of the many problems dominating the controversies on toleration at both the theoretical or practical level. The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration is aimed as a resource for a global scholarly audience looking for either a detailed presentation of major accounts of toleration, the most important conceptual issues associated with toleration and the many problems dividing either scholars, policy-makers or practitioners.

Mitja Sardoč (PhD) is senior research associate at the Educational Research Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia). His research interests and expertise include philosophy of education, political philosophy, and education policy. Over the last two decades he has been member of several (national and international) research projects on multiculturalism, diversity, equality of opportunity, patriotism, citizenship education, etc. During the last few years, his research interest has moved to some of the conceptual and policy-oriented issues associated with radicalization, violent extremism, and conflicting diversity. Between 2018 and 2021, he carried out a research project “Radicalisation and Violent Extremism: Philosophical, Sociological and Educational Perspective (s)” funded by the Slovenian Research Agency as part of its “basic research projects” program (the most selective research funding scheme for basic research in Slovenia). He is author of more than 40 scholarly articles and editorof a number of journal special issues on radicalization and violent extremism, citizenship education, multiculturalism, toleration, the American Dream, equality of opportunity, and patriotism. He acted as an expert for various research initiatives including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, and the Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also carried out consultancy work for other international institutions (e.g., Cardiff University, ODIHR). He is Managing Editor of Theory and Research in Education (http://tre.sagepub.com/), Editor-in-Chief of The Handbook of Patriotism, and editor of The Impacts of Neoliberal Discourse and Language in Education published by Routledge. Between September and December 2019, he was a visiting fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Additional information (including the list of publications) is available at the website:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitja_Sardoc