Albert Camus and the philosophy of the absurd / / Abraham Sagi.

• Superior document: Value inquiry book series ; Volume 125
• VerfasserIn: Sagi, Abraham,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam, Netherlands ;, New York, New York : : Rodopi,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Value inquiry book series ; Volume 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is an attempt to read the totality of Camus's oeuvre as a voyage, in which Camus approaches the fundamental questions of human existence: What is the meaning of life? Can ultimate values be grounded without metaphysical presuppositions? Can the pain of the other penetrate the thick shield of human narcissism and self-interest? Solipsism and solidarity are among the destinations Camus reaches in the course of this journey. This book is a new reading of one of the towering humanists of the twentieth century, and sheds new light on his spiritual world.

Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction ONE From Safety to Alienation: The Sources of Absurd Philosophy TWO Camus as a Personal Thinker THREE A Philosophy of Sea and Sun FOUR The Absurd: Method or Conclusion FIVE The Absurd: Datum and Concept SIX The Absurd: Between Rationalism and Rationality SEVEN Contending with the Absurd: Between Rejection and Endorsement EIGHT From Alienation to Absurd: The Outsider and The Myth of Sisyphus NINE The Absurd and the Problem of Values: Caligula and Letters to a German Friend TEN The Transition from The Myth of Sisyphus to The Rebel ELEVEN Rebellion, Solidarity, and Self-Consciousness TWELVE The Fall: Consciousness, Freedom, and Responsibility THIRTEEN Religiosity and Religious Criticism in Camus's Thought FOURTEEN Between an Ethics of Compassion and an Ethics of Justice FIFTEEN Summary: "My Life Is What I Have Made It" Works Cited About the Author Index.