The meanings of tolerance: Discursive usage in a case of ‘identity politics’

IF 1.4 3区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Maykel Verkuyten
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The notion of tolerance is widely embraced across many settings and is generally considered critical for the peaceful functioning of plural societies, and within organizations, institutions, and many professions. However, the concept of tolerance has various meanings and can be discursively used in different ways and for different purposes. The various understandings and their usage can have different implications for normative views and real-world decision making. This paper focuses on two main understandings of tolerance and how these are flexibly used in a debate about the case in which a social work student was excluded from further study by an university committee. This case serves as a particular illumination of the broader societal context of ‘cultural wars’ and ‘identity politics’ in which the notion of tolerance features prominently. It is examined how those who did and did not support the university decision deployed in different ways the notion of tolerance. It is concluded that tolerance has different cultural meanings which can be used for various ends in debates about contentious issues and for justifying or criticizing impactful decisions.

宽容的意义:“身份政治”中的话语用法
宽容的概念在许多环境中被广泛接受,通常被认为是多元社会和平运作的关键,在组织、机构和许多职业中也是如此。然而,宽容的概念有不同的含义,可以以不同的方式和不同的目的话语使用。不同的理解及其用法可能对规范性观点和现实世界的决策产生不同的影响。本文侧重于对宽容的两种主要理解,以及如何在关于一名社会工作学生被大学委员会排除在进一步学习之外的案件的辩论中灵活使用这些理解。这个案例特别说明了“文化战争”和“身份政治”的更广泛的社会背景,其中宽容的概念具有突出的特点。它考察了那些支持和不支持大学决定的人如何以不同的方式部署宽容的概念。结论是,宽容具有不同的文化含义,可以用于争论有争议问题的各种目的,并为有影响力的决定辩护或批评。
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期刊介绍: The Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour publishes original theoretical and methodological articles that examine the links between social structures and human agency embedded in behavioural practices. The Journal is truly unique in focusing first and foremost on social behaviour, over and above any disciplinary or local framing of such behaviour. In so doing, it embraces a range of theoretical orientations and, by requiring authors to write for a wide audience, the Journal is distinctively interdisciplinary and accessible to readers world-wide in the fields of psychology, sociology and philosophy.
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