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The preface to the first edition reflects on the aftermath of two world wars and the anticipation of a third, describing the rise of homelessness, rootlessness, and the breakdown of old political and social order. It argues that both reckless optimism and despair are linked to superstitions of Progress and Doom, and emphasizes understanding history by examining the hidden mechanisms dissolving traditional values.","A Harvest Book  \n# THE ORIGINS OFTOTALITARIANISM\n\nBOOKS BY HANNAH ARENDT  \nThe Origins of TotalitarianismBetween Past and FutureOn RevolutionThe Human ConditionEichmann in JerusalemOn ViolenceMen in Dark TimesCrises of the Republic  \nRahel Varnhagen:The Life of a Jewish WomanThe Life of the Mind:ONE/THINKINGTWo/WILLING  \nLectures on Kant's Political Philosophy  \nHANNAH ARENDT AND KARL JASPERSCorrespondence 1926-1969  \nHANNAH ARENDT AND MARY MCCARTHY  \nBetween Friends:The Correspondence of Hannah Arendtand Mary McCarthy,1949-1975  \n# The Origins ofTotalitarianism\n\nNEW EDITION WITH ADDED PREFACES  \nby H A N N·A H A R E N D T  \nA HARVEST BOOK  \nHARCOURT BRACE &COMPANYSan Diego New York London  \nCopyright ◎1973,1968,1966,1958 by Hannah ArendtCopyright 1951,1948 by Hannah ArendtCopyright renewed 1979 by Mary McCarthy WestCopyright renewed 1976 by Hannah Arendt  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopy,recording,or any information storage and retrievalsystem,without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nRequests for permission to make copies of any part of the workshould be mailed to:  \nPermissions Department,  \nHarcourt Brace &Company,  \n6277 Sea Harbor Drive,Orlando,Florida 32887-6777.  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number:68-3757ISBN0-15-670153-7(Harvest:pbk.)Printed in the United States of AmericaSRQP  \nTO HEINRICH BLUCHER  \nPreface to the First Edition  \nT  \nwo WORLD WARS in one generation,separated by an uninterruptedchain of local wars and revolutions,followed by no peace treaty for thevanquished and no respite for the victor,have ended n the anticipation ofa third World War between the two remaining world powers.This momentof anticipation is like the calm that settles after all hopes have died.Weno longer hope for an eventual restoration of the old world order withall its traditions,or for the reintegration of the masses of five continentswho have been thrown into a chaos produced by the violence of warsand revolutions and the growing decay of al that has still been spared.Under the most diverse conditions and disparate circumstances,we watchthe development of the same phenomena—homelessness on an unprece-dented scale,rootlessness to an unprecedented depth.  \nNever has our future been more unpredictable,never have we dependedso much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules ofcommon sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity,fjudged by the standards of other centuries.It is as though mankind haddivided itself between those who believe in human omnipotence(whothink that everything is possible if one knows how to organize masses forit)and those for whom powerlessness has become the major experienceof their lives.  \nOn the level of historical insight and political thought there prevails anill-defined,general agreement that the essental structure of all civilizationsis at the breaking point.Although it may seem better preserved in someparts of the world than in others,it can nowhere provide the guidance tothe possibilities of the century,or an adequate response to its horrors.Des-perate hope and desperate fear often seem closer to the center of such eventsthan balanced judgment and measured insight.The central events of ourtime are not less effectively forgotten by those committed to a belief in anunavoidable doom,than by those who have given themselves up to recklessoptimism.  \nThis book has been written against a background of both reckless opti-mism and reckless despair.It holds that Progress and Doom are two sidesof the same medal;that both are articles of superstition,not of faith.It was  \nPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION  \nwritten out of the conviction that it should be possible to discover thehidden mechanics by which all traditional elements of our political andspiritual world were dissolved into a conglomeration where everythingseems to have lost specific value,and","cbCaiaE7Wikogp0N","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaE7Wikogp0N","pdf",28463196,1,577,"English","en",105,"# Preface to the First Edition\n## World wars, looming catastrophe, and lost hopes\n## Progress and Doom as superstition\n## Comprehension as confronting reality","[{\"question\":\"What historical context does the preface emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on two world wars within one generation, followed by continuous local wars and revolutions, with no true resolution or relief.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author connect optimism and despair?\",\"answer\":\"The preface claims Progress and Doom are two sides of the same coin—both treated as articles of superstition rather than genuine faith.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the text say 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