Albert Camus the Algerian
Subtitle: Colonialism, Terrorism, Justice
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 13, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780231140867
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Politics/International Relations; European - French; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Public Policy - Social Policy; 1913-1960; Camus, Albert,; Political and social views
Description: "In this reading of Albert Camus' novels, short stories, and political essays, David Carroll concentrates on Camus' conflicted relationship with his Algerian background and finds important critical insights into questions of justice, the effects of colonial oppression, and the deadly cycle of terrorism and counterterrorism that characterized the Algerian War and continues to surface in the devastation of postcolonial wars today."--BOOK JACKET.