Albert Camus And The Political Philosophy Of The Absurd
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Albert Camus And The Political Philosophy Of The Absurd
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Author : Matthew H. Bowker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Albert Camus And The Political Philosophy Of The Absurd written by Matthew H. Bowker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Absurd (Philosophy) categories.
Rethinking The Politics Of Absurdity
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Author : Matthew H. Bowker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-12
Rethinking The Politics Of Absurdity written by Matthew H. Bowker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with Political Science categories.
What does it mean to describe something or someone as absurd? Why did absurd philosophy and literature become so popular amidst the violent conflicts and terrors of the mid- to late-twentieth century? Is it possible to understand absurdity not as a feature of events, but as a psychological posture or stance? If so, what are the objectives, dynamics, and repercussions of the absurd stance? And in what ways has the absurd stance continued to shape postmodern thought and contemporary culture? In Rethinking the Politics of Absurdity, Matthew H. Bowker offers a surprising account of absurdity as a widespread endeavor to make parts of our experience meaningless. In the last century, he argues, fears about subjects’ destructive desires have combined with fears about rationality in a way that has made the absurd stance seem attractive. Drawing upon diverse sources from philosophy, literature, politics, psychoanalysis, theology, and contemporary culture, Bowker identifies the absurd effort to make aspects of our histories, our selves, and our public projects meaningless with postmodern revolts against reason and subjectivity. Weaving together analyses of the work of Albert Camus, Georges Bataille, Judith Butler, Emmanuel Levinas, and others with interview data and popular narratives of apocalypse and survival, Bowker shows that the absurd stance and the postmodern revolt invite a kind of bargain, in which meaning is sacrificed in exchange for the survival of innocence. Bowker asks us to consider that the very premise of this bargain is false: that ethical subjects and healthy communities cannot be created in absurdity. Instead, we must make meaningful even the most shocking losses, terrors, and destructive powers with which we live. Bowker's book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of political science, philosophy, literature, psychoanalysis, sociology, and cultural studies.
Camus And The Challenge Of Political Thought
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Author : P. Hayden
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-09
Camus And The Challenge Of Political Thought written by P. Hayden and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-09 with Philosophy categories.
Albert Camus was a formative artist, writer and public figure whose work defies conventional labels, and whose legacy is controversial but substantial. His distinctive contribution to modern ethical and political thought remains far from settled. Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought comprehensively yet concisely explores how Camus's compelling ideas of absurdity and rebellion emerged, how his complex political engagements and positions developed, and how his conception of an ethics of limits and measure retains a vital, contemporary resonance in an era of unsettling global politics. Drawing upon the full range of Camus's notebooks, novels, plays and philosophical essays, Hayden shows Camus to be an original political thinker of human dignity and freedom whose life and work sought to navigate between the twin dangers of idealistic optimism and nihilistic despair.
Albert Camus And The Political Philosophy Of The Absurd
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Author : Matthew H. Bowker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Albert Camus And The Political Philosophy Of The Absurd written by Matthew H. Bowker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Absurd (Philosophy). categories.
In Albert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd: Ambivalence, Resistance, and Creativity, Matthew H. Bowker takes an interdisciplinary approach to Albert Camus' political philosophy by reading absurdity itself as a metaphor for the psychosocial dynamics of ambivalence, resistance, integration, and creativity. Decoupling absurdity from its ontological aspirations and focusing instead on its psychological and phenomenal contours, Bowker discovers an absurdist foundation for ethical and political practice.
Albert Camus As Political Thinker
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Author : Samantha Novello
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-10-12
Albert Camus As Political Thinker written by Samantha Novello and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-12 with Philosophy categories.
An intense genealogical reconstruction of Camus's political thinking challenging the philosophical import of his writings as providing an alternative, aesthetic understanding of politics, political action and freedom outside and against the nihilistic categories of modern political philosophy and the contemporary politics of contempt and terrorisms
Albert Camus
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Author : John Foley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-05
Albert Camus written by John Foley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-05 with Philosophy categories.
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing philosophy, literature, politics and history, John Foley examines the full breadth of Camus' ideas to provide a comprehensive and rigorous study of his political and philosophical thought and a significant contribution to a range of debates current in Camus research. Foley argues that the coherence of Camus' thought can best be understood through a thorough understanding of the concepts of 'the absurd' and 'revolt' as well as the relation between them. This book includes a detailed discussion of Camus' writings for the newspaper "Combat", a systematic analysis of Camus' discussion of the moral legitimacy of political violence and terrorism, a reassessment of the prevailing postcolonial critique of Camus' humanism, and a sustained analysis of Camus' most important and frequently neglected work, "L'Homme revolte" (The Rebel).
The Rebel
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Author : Albert Camus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-10-31
The Rebel written by Albert Camus and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with Literary Collections categories.
The Rebel is Camus's 'attempt to understand the time I live in' and a brilliant essay on the nature of human revolt. Published in 1951, it makes a daring critique of communism - how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It questions two events held sacred by the left wing - the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917 - that had resulted, he believed, in terrorism as a political instrument. In this towering intellectual document, Camus argues that hope for the future lies in revolt, which unlike revolution is a spontaneous response to injustice and a chance to achieve change without giving up collective and intellectual freedom.
Committed Writings
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Author : Albert Camus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-08-27
Committed Writings written by Albert Camus and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-27 with Philosophy categories.
'To create today means to create dangerously' This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. Letters to a German Friend, written and published underground during the Nazi occupation of France, was born out of Camus' experience in the Resistance and explores what it truly means to love your country. Reflections on the Guillotine, his impassioned polemic against the death penalty, became a touchstone for the movement to abolish capital punishment, while in his Nobel speeches Camus argues that the artist must engage with dangerous times. Together these powerful pieces express Camus' mistrust of rigid ideologies, and his commitment to human solidarity. 'Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination' Conor Cruise O'Brien
Coming Back To The Absurd Albert Camus S The Myth Of Sisyphus 80 Years On
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Author : Peter Francev
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-12-05
Coming Back To The Absurd Albert Camus S The Myth Of Sisyphus 80 Years On written by Peter Francev and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-05 with Philosophy categories.
A celebration of the importance and significance of The Myth of Sisyphus, this collection of essays, from some of the world’s leading Camus scholars, examines the impact on philosophy that Camus’s The Myth has had in the past 80 years.
Speaking Out
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Author : Albert Camus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-11-04
Speaking Out written by Albert Camus and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-04 with Literary Collections categories.
A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures 'Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting...' This definitive new collection of Albert Camus' public speeches and lectures gives a compelling insight into one of the twentieth century's most enduring writers. From a pre-war speech on the politics of the Mediterranean - delivered when he was just twenty-two - to his impassioned Nobel Prize acceptance lectures and several pieces appearing in English for the first time, Speaking Out shows Camus' clarity and subtlety of thought, his 'stubborn humanism' and his unerring commitment to freedom and justice. Translated by Quintin Hoare