The controversy surrounding Hannah Arendt's "Report on the Banality of Evil," which ignited the discussion about individual responsibility during the Nazi dictatorship in 1963, is unparalleled in its intensity. As exemplified by the so-called Goldhagen debate, it is no less relevant today than it was then. By tracing the causes of this controversy from various perspectives, the authors of this volume also provide an intellectual portrait of one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century.