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The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 11th Global Conference Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, which took place in Salzburg (Austria) in March 2010 and is a part of the research network Inter-Disciplinary.Net. The diversity of both the network and the panels of the conference illustrates the extent to which evil still poses a challenge and how heterogeneous possible responses to this challenge might be. In order to reproduce this variety, which fuelled inspiring, synergetic discussions during the conference, this book consists of six parts, each of which represents - to a greater or lesser extent - academic disciplines. However, this shall by no means imply any kind of disciplinary hegemony. Rather, it should demonstrate the coexistence of varying discourses, which at best provide opportunities for exchange and circulation of ideas