Albert Camus in the 21st Century : A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium.
Title:
Albert Camus in the 21st Century : A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium.
Author:
Margerrison, Christine.
ISBN:
9789401205535
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Series:
Faux Titre, 308 ; v.No. 208
Faux Titre, 308
Contents:
Albert Camus in the Twenty-First Century -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Réflexions sur l'(in)actualité de Camus -- Negotiation or Confrontation? Camus, Memory and the Colonial Chronotope -- Albert Camus lu par Assia Djebar, ou comment écrire "ensemble" l'histoire des pieds-noirs et des colonisés ? -- Colonial / Postcolonial Hybridity in Le Premier Homme and Jean-Marie Tjibaou's "First Man", Kanaké -- Sous le regard des hommes : "La Femme adultère" -- Tongue-tied: What Camus's Fiction Couldn't Teach Us about Ethics and Politics -- Hédonisme et éthique : un paradoxe camusien ? -- "Plus loin que la morale" : considérations sur la quête camusienne d'une éthique et d'un au-delà -- Life-Worlds and the Problem of Subjectivity: A Comparison Between Albert Camus's L'Étranger and Yasunari Kawabata's -- The Absurd in the Field of Genetic Diagnosis -- Discours du juste ou juste un discours? Discours et jugement chez Albert Camus dans un âge de justification morale -- L'actualité de Camus, demain. Contre "l'ensauvagement" : ré-humaniser l'homme -- Camus, Sénac, Roblès : les écrivains de l'École d'Alger face au terrorisme -- Albert Camus and Political Violence -- Camus, l'éternel contemporain -- Lire Camus au XXI siècle: un journalisme visionnaire et éthique -- Camus et les défis de la démocratie au XXI siècle -- Tragedy and "Aesthetic Politics": Re-thinking the Political beyond Nihilism in the work of Albert Camus -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
In the first decade of a new century, this collection of bilingual essays examines Camus's continuing popularity for a new generation of readers. In crucial respects, the world Camus knew has changed beyond all recognition: decolonization, the fall of the Iron Curtain, a new era of globalization and the rise of new forms of terrorism have all provoked a reconsideration of Camus's writings. If the Absurd once struck a particular chord, Meursault is as likely now to be seen as a colonial figure who expresses the alienation of the settler from the land of his birth. Yet this increasing orthodoxy must also take account of the reasons why a new community of Algerian readers have embraced Camus. Equally, once isolated because of his anti-Communist stance, Camus has been taken up by disaffected members of the Left, convinced that new forms of totalitarianism are abroad in the world. This volume, which ranges from interpretations of Camus's literary works, his journalism and his political writings, will be of interest to all those seeking to re-evaluate Camus's work in the light of ethical and political issues that are of continuing relevance today.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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