Geneviève Souillac is senior associate professor of philosophy and peace studies at the International Christian University of Japan.

• IntroductionPart I: JusticeChapter 1: The Burden of Difference: Pluralist Justice and the Public SphereChapter 2: Moral Conversations and Democratic HermeneuticsChapter 3: Particularism versus Universalism: A False Debate? Part II: MemoryChapter 4: Secularism, Culture, and CritiqueChapter 5: Laicité and the Memory of Public CultureChapter 6: The Ties that Bind: Public Culture and the Debt to the PastPart III: EncounterChapter 7: Normative Solidarity and Public HermeneuticsChapter 8: From Intersubjectivity to Encounter Chapter 9: Exit of Religion, Debt of MeaningConclusion

This book is important because it weaves together both Anglophone and Continental thinking in political philosophy. Examining the role of historical memory in the debate on democratic ethics not only constitutes an original theoretical contribution—ultimately, it can further support the democratic pluralism the book defends.

Geneviève Souillac is senior associate professor of philosophy and peace studies at the International Christian University of Japan.

• IntroductionPart I: JusticeChapter 1: The Burden of Difference: Pluralist Justice and the Public SphereChapter 2: Moral Conversations and Democratic HermeneuticsChapter 3: Particularism versus Universalism: A False Debate? Part II: MemoryChapter 4: Secularism, Culture, and CritiqueChapter 5: Laicité and the Memory of Public CultureChapter 6: The Ties that Bind: Public Culture and the Debt to the PastPart III: EncounterChapter 7: Normative Solidarity and Public HermeneuticsChapter 8: From Intersubjectivity to Encounter Chapter 9: Exit of Religion, Debt of MeaningConclusion

This book is important because it weaves together both Anglophone and Continental thinking in political philosophy. Examining the role of historical memory in the debate on democratic ethics not only constitutes an original theoretical contribution—ultimately, it can further support the democratic pluralism the book defends.

Geneviève Souillac is senior associate professor of philosophy and peace studies at the International Christian University of Japan.

• IntroductionPart I: JusticeChapter 1: The Burden of Difference: Pluralist Justice and the Public SphereChapter 2: Moral Conversations and Democratic HermeneuticsChapter 3: Particularism versus Universalism: A False Debate? Part II: MemoryChapter 4: Secularism, Culture, and CritiqueChapter 5: Laicité and the Memory of Public CultureChapter 6: The Ties that Bind: Public Culture and the Debt to the PastPart III: EncounterChapter 7: Normative Solidarity and Public HermeneuticsChapter 8: From Intersubjectivity to Encounter Chapter 9: Exit of Religion, Debt of MeaningConclusion

This book is important because it weaves together both Anglophone and Continental thinking in political philosophy. Examining the role of historical memory in the debate on democratic ethics not only constitutes an original theoretical contribution—ultimately, it can further support the democratic pluralism the book defends.