From the Absurd to Revolt - Dynamics in Albert Camus`s Thought

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-83-233-4253-3
Verlag: Jagiellonian University Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 968 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

This book presents a selection of texts devoted to two key issues in the thought of Albert Camus: absurdity and rebellion. The contributors are particularly interested in the problem of transition in the thought of the author of The Rebel from philosophical considerations over the absurd in the human condition to the attitude of rebellion. The monograph consists of three parts. The first analyzes the sources of Camus's concept of rebellion, the problems of the absurd, and, more generally, the early thought of the author of The Outsider. Part two presents considerations on Camus's rebellion from the perspective of contemporary humanities. And part three focuses on comparative studies and takes up the associations between Camus's thought with, inter alia, Dostoyevsky, Kolakowski, and Iwaszkiewicz.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mróz, Piotr

Kaluza, Maciej

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Piotr Mróz is the head of the department of philosophy of culture at the Jagiellonian University. His works include a translation of Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness (with Jan Kielbasa). Maciej Kaluza is a researcher of the thought of Albert Camus. In 2014-2017, he carried out a research project on the problems of rebellion in the thought of the author of The Rebel. Kaluza has also written a monograph devoted to the issue of absurd in Camus's drama works.