@pratinavanil @unherd Our challenge, universal. Not so much specific religious or nationalist forms of such derangement as much as it is the consciousness of religious ethno-nationalism worldwide. The correlative? No nation or culture can or will save itself from a form of planetary psychosis, alone.
@unherd @YehudahMirsky Eine Schicksalsgemeinschaft. "Hitler is therefore old-style and can divert us from seeing through the mask worn by the demonic today, and tomorrow." - James Hillman
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Religions die hard. They promise something better, something truer, more powerful and lasting than our familiar cruelties, corruptions and deaths. Their traditions take shape over time; they develop rituals, build communities, give life order and meaning, and at their best bring forth genuine prophets and authentic saints. But eventually, the very things that keep religion going become their own idolatries, giving demonic cover for the very same cruelty and corruption religion sought to combat.