Volker Kaul teaches at the Department of Political Science at LUISS "Guido Carli" University in Rome and is lecturer at the CEA Rome Center, Italy. He also coordinates the research area "East–West Dialogues" for the foundation Reset–Dialogues on Civilizations.Ingrid Salvatore is an associate professor of political philosophy at the University of Salerno, Italy.

• Introduction PART I: Epistemic Pluralism and Democracy 1. From Pluralism to Liberalism: The Long Way Around 2. Pluralism and Deliberation 3. Social Choice or Collective Decision-making: What is Politics All About? 4. Liberalism, Pluralism, and a Third Way PART II: Political Pluralism and Reasonable Consensus 5. Sideways at the Entrance of the Cave: A Pluralist Footnote to Plato 6. Pluralism and the Possibility of a Liberal Political Consensus 7. Modus Vivendi Liberalism, Practice-dependence and Political Legitimacy 8. A Pluralist Model of Democracy 9. Rawls, Religion, and the Clash of Civilizations PART III: Cultures, Religions, and Politics 10. The Practice of Liberty 11. Sharing a Conception of Justice, Sharing a Conception of the Good: Liberalism as a Pluralist Theory vs. Pluralism as a Non-Liberal Theory 12. Pluralism and Solidarity: Non-Authoritarian Reasoning and Non-Fundamentalist Attitude 13. Populism, Liberalism and Nationalism

Volker Kaul teaches at the Department of Political Science at LUISS "Guido Carli" University in Rome and is lecturer at the CEA Rome Center, Italy. He also coordinates the research area "East–West Dialogues" for the foundation Reset–Dialogues on Civilizations.Ingrid Salvatore is an associate professor of political philosophy at the University of Salerno, Italy.

• Introduction PART I: Epistemic Pluralism and Democracy 1. From Pluralism to Liberalism: The Long Way Around 2. Pluralism and Deliberation 3. Social Choice or Collective Decision-making: What is Politics All About? 4. Liberalism, Pluralism, and a Third Way PART II: Political Pluralism and Reasonable Consensus 5. Sideways at the Entrance of the Cave: A Pluralist Footnote to Plato 6. Pluralism and the Possibility of a Liberal Political Consensus 7. Modus Vivendi Liberalism, Practice-dependence and Political Legitimacy 8. A Pluralist Model of Democracy 9. Rawls, Religion, and the Clash of Civilizations PART III: Cultures, Religions, and Politics 10. The Practice of Liberty 11. Sharing a Conception of Justice, Sharing a Conception of the Good: Liberalism as a Pluralist Theory vs. Pluralism as a Non-Liberal Theory 12. Pluralism and Solidarity: Non-Authoritarian Reasoning and Non-Fundamentalist Attitude 13. Populism, Liberalism and Nationalism

Volker Kaul teaches at the Department of Political Science at LUISS "Guido Carli" University in Rome and is lecturer at the CEA Rome Center, Italy. He also coordinates the research area "East–West Dialogues" for the foundation Reset–Dialogues on Civilizations.Ingrid Salvatore is an associate professor of political philosophy at the University of Salerno, Italy.

• Introduction PART I: Epistemic Pluralism and Democracy 1. From Pluralism to Liberalism: The Long Way Around 2. Pluralism and Deliberation 3. Social Choice or Collective Decision-making: What is Politics All About? 4. Liberalism, Pluralism, and a Third Way PART II: Political Pluralism and Reasonable Consensus 5. Sideways at the Entrance of the Cave: A Pluralist Footnote to Plato 6. Pluralism and the Possibility of a Liberal Political Consensus 7. Modus Vivendi Liberalism, Practice-dependence and Political Legitimacy 8. A Pluralist Model of Democracy 9. Rawls, Religion, and the Clash of Civilizations PART III: Cultures, Religions, and Politics 10. The Practice of Liberty 11. Sharing a Conception of Justice, Sharing a Conception of the Good: Liberalism as a Pluralist Theory vs. Pluralism as a Non-Liberal Theory 12. Pluralism and Solidarity: Non-Authoritarian Reasoning and Non-Fundamentalist Attitude 13. Populism, Liberalism and Nationalism