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The preface explains the book’s concern with how people moved through the world, how they were affected by political and moral disasters, and how “dark times” persist when official rhetoric extinguishes public light. Rather than serving as representatives of a single Zeitgeist, the figures gathered here share a shared age while remaining distinct.","OTHER BOOKS BY HANNAH ARENDT  \nThe Origins of TotalitarianismThe Human ConditionBetween Past and FutureEichmann in JerusalemOn RevolutionOn Violence  \nMEN IN DARK TIMES  \nHannah Arendt  \nA HARVEST BOOKHARCOURT,BRACE &WORLD,INC.NEW YORK  \nCopyright ◎ 1955,1965,1966,1967,1968 by Hannah Arendt.Allrights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmittedin any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopy,recording,or any information storage and retrieval system,without permissionin writing from the publisher.Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:68-24381.Printed in the United States of America.  \n\"On Humanity in Dark Times:Thoughts about Lessing,\"an address onaccepting the Lessing Prize of the Free City of Hamburg in 1959,origi-nally written in German,published by R.Piper,Munich,1960,translatedby Clara and Richard Winston.  \n\"Rosa Luxemburg:1871-1919,\"a review of J.P.Nettl,Rosa Luxemburg,inThe New York Reoiew of Books,1966.  \n“A Christian on St.Peter’s Chair from 1958 to 1963,”a review of Pope JohnXXIII,Journal of a Soul,in The New York Review of Books,1965.\"Karl Jaspers:A Laudatio,\"address given in 1958 when the German PeacePrize was awarded to Karl Jaspers,originally written in German andpublished by R.Piper,Munich,1958,translated by Clara and RichardWinston.  \n“Karl Jaspers:Citizen of the World?”appeared in The Philosophy of KarlJaspers,edited by P.A.Schilpp,1957,now published by Open CourtPublishing Company,La Salle,Ill.for The Library of Living Philoso-phers,Inc.Used by permission.  \n\"Isak Dinesen:1885-1963,\"a review in The New Yorker,1968,of ParmeniaMiguel,Titania.The Biography of Isak Dinesen.  \n\"Hermann Broch:1886-1951,\"introduction to two volumes of essays inGesammelte Werke,Rheinverlag,Zürich,1955(now Suhrkamp,Frank-furt/M.),originally written in German,translated by Clara and RichardWinston.“  \n“Walter Benjamin:1892-1940,”originally in The New Yorker,1968;intro-duction to a collection of his essays,Illuminations,Harcourt,Brace &World,1968,originally written in German,translated by Harry Zohn.“Bertolt Brecht:1898-1956”appeared in The New Yorker,1966.“Waldemar Gurian:1903-1954”appeared in The Gurian Memorial Issue ofThe Review of Politics,1955.  \n“Randall Jarrell:1914-1965”appeared in Randall Jarrell,1914-1965,Farrar,Straus &Giroux,1967.  \nContents  \nPREFACE vii  \nON HUMANITY IN DARK TIMES:THOUGHTS ABOUT LESSINGTranslated by Clara and Richard Winston  \n3  \nROSA LUXEMBURG:1871-1919  \n33  \nANGELO GIUSEPPE RONCALLI:A CHRISTIANON ST.PETER'S CHAIR FROM 1958 TO 1963  \n57  \nKARL JASPERS:A LAUDATIOTranslated by Clara and Richard Winston  \n71  \nKARL JASPERS:CITIZEN OF THE WORLD?  \nISAK DINESEN:1885-1963  \n95  \nHERMANN BROCH:1886-1951Translated by Richard Winston  \n111  \nWALTER BENJAMIN:1892-1940Translated by Harry Zohn  \n153  \nBERTOLT BRECHT:1898-1956  \n207  \nWALDEMAR GURIAN:1903-1954  \n251  \nRANDALL JARRELL:1914-1965  \n263  \nINDEX 269  \nPREFACE  \nWRITTEN over a period of twelve years on the spur of occasionor opportunity,this collection of essays and articles is primarilyconcerned with persons—how they lived their lives,how theymoved in the world,and how they were affected by historicaltime.The people assembled here could hardly be more unlikeeach other,and it is not difficult to imagine how they might haveprotested,had they been given a voice in the matter,against be-ing gathered into a common room,as it were.For they have incommon neither gifts nor convictions,neither profession normilieu;with one exception,they hardly knew of each other.Butthey were contemporaries,though belonging to different genera-tions—except,of course,for Lessing,who,however,in the intro-ductory essay is treated as though he were a contemporary.Thusthey share with each other the age in which their life span fell,the world during the first half of the twentieth century with itspolitical catastrophes,its moral disasters,and its astonishing de-velopment of the arts and sciences.And while this age killedsome of them a","cbCaisMFUv7eN3oh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisMFUv7eN3oh","pdf",23395586,3,1,141,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# On Humanity in Dark Times: Thoughts about Lessing\n# Rosa Luxemburg: 1871–1919\n# Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli: A Christian on St. Peter's Chair from 1958 to 1963\n# Karl Jaspers: A Laudatio\n# Karl Jaspers: Citizen of the World?\n# Isak Dinesen: 1885–1963\n# Hermann Broch: 1886–1951\n# Walter Benjamin: 1892–1940\n# Bertolt Brecht: 1898–1956\n# Waldemar Gurian: 1903–1954\n# Randall Jarrell: 1914–1965\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the collection in Men in Dark Times?\",\"answer\":\"The collection centers on people—how they lived, how they moved in the world, and how they were affected by historical time.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Arendt explain the meaning of “dark 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