Albert Camus as political thinker : nihilisms and the politics of contempt
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Albert Camus as political thinker : nihilisms and the politics of contempt
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
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Bibliography: p. 174-185
Includes index
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Description
An intense genealogical reconstruction of Camus's political thinking challenging the philosophical import of his writings as providing an alternative, aesthetic understanding of politics, political action and freedom outside and against the nihilistic categories of modern political philosophy and the contemporary politics of contempt and terrorisms
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Note on the Texts and Abbreviations Introduction: An 'Untimely' Political Thought for Serious Times The Twentieth Century Politics of Contempt 'Undisguised Influences' Tragic Beginnings An Artist's Point of View Commencement of Freedom The Absurd and Power Conclusion: Between Sade and the Dandy Notes Bibliography Index
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