Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought [electronic resource] : Between Despair and Hope /
Hayden, P.author.
Albert Camus was a formative artist, writer and public figure whose work defies conventional labels, and whose legacy is controversial but substantial. His distinctive contribution to modern ethical and political thought remains far from settled. Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought comprehensively yet concisely explores how Camus's compelling ideas of absurdity and rebellion emerged, how his complex political engagements and positions developed, and how his conception of an ethics of limits and measure retains a vital, contemporary resonance in an era of unsettling global politics. Drawing upon the full range of Camus's notebooks, novels, plays and philosophical essays, Hayden shows Camus to be an original political thinker of human dignity and freedom whose life and work sought to navigate between the twin dangers of idealistic optimism and nihilistic despair.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 1 Situating Camus; 2 Human Existence and the Tragic Beauty of the Absurd; 3 Rebellion and an Ethics of Measure; 4 Politics and the Limits of Violence; 5 From Justice to Solidarity; 6 Cosmopolitanism without Hope; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Albert Camus was a formative artist, writer and public figure whose work defies conventional labels, and whose legacy is controversial but substantial. His distinctive contribution to modern ethical and political thought remains far from settled. Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought comprehensively yet concisely explores how Camus's compelling ideas of absurdity and rebellion emerged, how his complex political engagements and positions developed, and how his conception of an ethics of limits and measure retains a vital, contemporary resonance in an era of unsettling global politics. Drawing upon the full range of Camus's notebooks, novels, plays and philosophical essays, Hayden shows Camus to be an original political thinker of human dignity and freedom whose life and work sought to navigate between the twin dangers of idealistic optimism and nihilistic despair.
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
Political philosophy.
Political theory.
Existentialism.
World politics.
Political science.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political Philosophy.
Political Theory.
Existentialism.
Political History.
Political Science.
Social Philosophy.