UID:
almafu_9959328638402883
Format:
1 online resource (217 pages)
ISBN:
9781444303278
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1444303279
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9781444303285
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1444303287
Series Statement:
Blackwell great minds ; 7
Content:
"The book covers all of Camus's significant writings and includes thorough expositions of The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger, The Fall, The Plague, and The Rebel. A discussion of the metaphysical and practical connotations of Camus's celebrated concept of the Absurd lays the foundation for a discussion of the later works, which are considered in the context of Camus's basic ethical orientation. This, it is contended, harks back (and, with its recent resurgence, forward) to a virtue ethics of sorts. It is argued that Camus's literary characters are purified phenomenological portraits that reflect the existential temptations of an overwhelmed modern consciousness, and the ethico-political works reflect the efforts of a morally committed consciousness to come to grips with a modern world unable to make good the moral imperative. In the end, it is argued, Camus offers a phenomenological ethics, which is all that is left of virtue ethics when social life has broken down."--Jacket.
Note:
Camus's life -- The absurd -- Life -- Scorn -- Solidarity -- Rebellion -- Realpolitik -- Exile and rebirth -- Epilogue.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Sherman, David, 1958- Camus. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 ISBN 9781405159302
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1405159308
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9781444303278
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444303278
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444303278
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444303278
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