SOC 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Parochialism, Authoritarianism, Relative Deprivation
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26: inequality and intolerance- canada in cross-national perspective. Toleration is the practice of deliberately allowing or permitting a thing of which one disapproves. One can meaningfully speak of tolerating, ie. of allowing or permit- ting, only if one is in a position to disallow. it has also been defined as to bear or endure or to nourish, sustain or preserve. [from wikipedia] Real differences in how we may think of tolerance. There is only one verb to tolerate" and one adjective tolerant" but there are two nouns tolerance" and toleration" have evolved slightly different meanings. Tolerance is an attitude of mind that implies non-judgmental acceptance of differ- ent lifestyles or beliefs, whereas toleration implies putting up with something that one disapproves of. Not equally tolerated, approved of by virtue of who we are. Religious groups: muslims are not tolerated in the usa, religious intolerance has always been part of society.
