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Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a French author, journalist, philosopher and Nobel Prize winner. His writings contributed to the rise of absurdism, and though he was often considered an existentialist, he rejected that description and remained critical of the philosophy.

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Camus’s Inoculation Against Hate

Writing “The Plague” in the form of a historical “chronicle” was a hopeful gesture, implying human continuity, a vessel to carry the memory of war as an inoculation against future armed conflicts.

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Laura Marris
2020
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The Rebel Hero: Albert Camus and the Search for Meaning Amidst the Absurd

In Camus’ humanism man must look within and without in order to feel relief from his suffering in seeing himself as part of the whole of mankind:

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Meghan E. Von Hassel
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Does Essence Precede Existence? A Look at Camus’s Metaphysical Rebellion

Albert Camus lived during a tumultuous time that included his experience of World War II and the Algerian War. Camus is most prominently known as an author of fine French literature but he was also a philosopher.

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Scot N. DuFour
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