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OverviewThis book is the first English-language collection of essays by leading Camus scholars from around the world to focus on Albert Camus’ place and status as a philosopher amongst philosophers. After a thematic introduction, the dedicated chapters of Part 1 address Camus’ relations with leading philosophers, from the ancient Greeks to Jean-Paul Sartre (Augustine, Hume, Kant, Diderot, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Hegel, Marx, Sartre). Part 2 contains pieces considering philosophical themes in Camus’ works, from the absurd in The Myth of Sisyphus to love in The First Man (the absurd, psychoanalysis, justice, Algeria, solidarity and solitude, revolution and revolt, art, asceticism, love). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew Sharpe , Maciej Kałuża , Peter FrancevPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 5 Weight: 0.879kg ISBN: 9789004401747ISBN 10: 9004401741 Pages: 474 Publication Date: 23 January 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction Maciej Kałuża, Peter Francev and Matthew Sharpe Part 1 Dialogues 1 Camus the Athenian: Philhellenism and Utopia in l’Homme révolté’s Relationship to Ancient Philosophy Luke Richardson 2 “That Other North African”: Camus on Augustine and His Legacy Ronald Srigley 3 Camus and the History of Modern Western Philosophy Kimberley Baltzer-Jaray 4 Modern Rebellion, before the Terror: Reading Diderot after Camus Matthew Sharpe 5 Albert Camus and Soren Kierkegaard Eric Berg 6 Camus and Nietzsche: on the Slave Revolt in Morality Michael Ure 7 Strangers in the Philosophical Night: Camus and Dostoevsky Thomas Epstein 8 Camus and Husserl and the Phenomenologists George Heffernan 9 Camus and His Hegel(s) Maciej Kałuża 10 Camus, Marxism and Communism Ronald Aronson 11 Sartre and Camus: a Much-Misunderstood Relationship David Sprintzen Part 2 Themes 12 The Absurd Grace Whistler 13 Mensch to Übermensch: Asceticism and the Ascetic Ideal in A Happy Death and The Stranger Simon Lea 14 Camus and Psychoanalysis Matthew H. Bowker 15 The Tension between Solitude and Solidarity Sophie Bastien Translated by Jackson Doughart 16 Albert Camus on Revolt and Revolution Patrick Hayden 17 Camus, Justice and the Challenges of History Mark Orme 18 “Ma vraie patrie”: Camus and Algeria Peter Dunwoodie 19 Love, Ressentiment and Resistance: Albert Camus’ Phenomenology of Action Samantha Novello 20 Hopeless Love: Camus and Le Premier Homme Marguerite La Caze Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationMatthew Sharpe is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of Camus, Philosophe: To Return to Our Beginnings (Brill, 2015; paperback, 2016). Sharpe works at present on philosophy as a way of life, the philosophical bases of the re-emergent Far Right, and recovering the French Enlightenment philosophes. Maciej Kałuża is a lecturer at Pedagogical University in Cracow and founder of the Polish Albert Camus Society. He authored two books focused on the philosophical complexities of the Camusian notions of the absurd and revolt (2016, 2017). He also edited the international collection From Absurd to Revolt. Dynamics in Albert Camus’ thought (2017). Peter Francev is a lecturer at Victor Valley College in Victorville, California, where he teaches courses in literature and Albert Camus’ thought. He is president of the Albert Camus Society of the USA and editor of the Journal of Camus Studies. His other research interests include Phenomenology, Existentialism, and the poetry of Lord Byron. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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