By mediating alternative methodologies and different religious, social, and cultural traditions, books published in this series will open channels of communication that facilitate critical analysis. Arendt ( 1951) points out that the link between nature and politics is stringently opposed. What is Arendts book about When it was first published in 1951, The Origins of Totalitarianism established Arendt as a notable student of the political. They may allow that there are contributing factors and preconditions, but ultimately hold the agents themselves responsible for evil. Special attention is paid to the ways in which religious traditions encourage conflict, violence, and intolerance and also support human rights, ecumenical values, and mutual understanding. For people in this camp, evil consists in malevolent intentions, malice with forethought, and self-conscious cruelty that leads to extreme suffering and tribulation. The series focuses on issues related to questions of difference, identity, and practice within local, national, and international contexts. This series includes works by scholars in religious studies, political science, history, cultural anthropology, economics, social psychology, and other allied fields whose work sustains multidisciplinary and comparative as well as transnational analyses of historical and contemporary issues. in order to promote serious scholarship and informed debate, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and Columbia University Press are sponsoring a book series devoted to the investigation of the role of religion in society and culture today. The resurgence of religion calls for careful analysis and constructive criticism of new forms of intolerance, as well as new approaches to tolerance, respect, mutual understanding, and accommodation.

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