Sources of Pluralism – Introduction

Abstract

This special double issue of Philosophy and Social Criticism focuses on the sources of pluralism. The introduction will summarize and present the contents of this issue in 4 sections: (1) on the origins of pluralism (Richard Bernstein, Ulrich Preuß, Rajeev Bhargava, Ramin Jahanbegloo); (2) on the development of pluralism (Alessandro Ferrara, Julian Baggini, Paolo Costa, Maurizio Ferraris); (3) pluralism in Turkey (Murat Borovalı and Cemil Boyraz, Markus Dressler, İlay Romain Örs and Ömer Turan, Cengiz Aktar); (4) and pluralism within Islam (Khaled Abou El Fadl, Syafiq Hasyim, Saskia Schäfer, Volker Kaul).