tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post824614270482051428..comments2023-09-06T01:53:41.634-07:00Comments on doug's Site: Albert Camus: "Resistance, Rebellion and Death"Doug's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09219952832674415239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-40375099289922378152012-09-22T22:15:00.653-07:002012-09-22T22:15:00.653-07:00I'm glad you think so highly of Albert Camus, ...I'm glad you think so highly of Albert Camus, AA. The Stranger (Outsider) is a book I vividly remember being so absorbed in, especially Meursault's coming to realization of his true self and his individual senses that it had a strong influence on me before I could understand the Absurdist position. <br />"The Rebel" is also one I'd recommend. It touches on the writings of Marx, Bakunin, Dostoyevsky, et al, and the whole issue of revolutionary words (tracts, manifestos, novels) and in deeds--things you yourself are demonstrably well-versed in. <br /><br /> I'm forever grateful to a professor I had in 19th and early 20th Century Russian history who led me to that book. <br /><br />I'm right now reading a boook that serves as an introduction to Kierkegaard and his concept of subjective truth, which Camus expanded upon for modern readers. It's true I've certainly approached the existentialist school from the wrong way around. ;-) <br /> Doug's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219952832674415239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-65774589026523629502012-09-22T15:45:18.601-07:002012-09-22T15:45:18.601-07:00Albert Camus was an extraordinary writer and man. ...Albert Camus was an extraordinary writer and man. I read The Stranger (aka The Outsider) and The Plague many years ago, I was greatly impressed by Camus' literary style. The darkness of the stories reflect his own Absurdist position as a subcategory of existentialism, but veering toward the Nihilistic side somewhat it is about the ultimate absurdity of hoping to find any universally agreed meaning in nature. I've never read The Rebel, but having read your post I think I should add another title to the ever increasing reading list. Thanks for featuring Albert Camus here Doug, I think he is sometimes overshadowed by Sartré in the Cold War French literary and philosophical extablishment. His life tragically was cut short, but he is I think one of 20th century Europe's really great writers. AaranAardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289433800028337687noreply@blogger.com