Camus' Literary Ethics

Between Form and Content
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-37755-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 403 g

This book seeks to establish the relevance of Albert Camus’ philosophy and literature to contemporary ethics. By examining Camus’ innovative methods of approaching moral problems, Whistler demonstrates that Camus’ work has much to offer the world of ethics— Camus does philosophy differently, and the insights his methodologies offer could prove invaluable in both ethical theory and practice. Camus sees lived experience and emotion as ineliminable in ethics, and thus he chooses literary methods of communicating moral problems in an attempt to draw positively on these aspects of human morality. Using case studies of Camus’ specific literary methods, including dialogue, myth, mime and syntax, Whistler pinpoints the efficacy of each of Camus’ attempts to flesh-out moral problems, and thus shows just how much contemporary ethics could benefit from such a diversification in method.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whistler, Grace

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Context, Form, and Content.- Chapter 2: A Post-Christian Ethics.- Chapter 3: Narrating the Absurd.- Chapter 4: Myths, Fables, Parables, Allegories.- Chapter 5: Dialogic Ethics.- Chapter 6: Absurd Theatre: Caligula and Beyond.- Chapter 7: A Novelistic Afterlife.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Ethics Through Interdisciplinarity.

Über Autor(innen)

Grace Whistler gained her PhD in Philosophy at the University of York. She has published articles in numerous journals including Literature and Theology and the Journal of Life Writing, as well as having written the chapter on ‘The Absurd’ for Brill’s Companion to Albert Camus.