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Albert Camus' Biography
Albert Camus’ biography (briefly) Born November 7th, 1913, in Mondovi, a small village in French Algeria where Camus’ great grandfather, originally from Bordeaux in France, had settled in the early 19th century. Camus’ father was a shipping wine clerk and military veteran who died in WW1 when Camus was less than a year old. All he knew of his father was that he had become violently ill after witnessing a public execution. Camus’ mother was illiterate, partially deaf, and poor. After her husband’s death, Camus, his mother and his older brother lived with his maternal uncle and grandmother in a cramped three-room apartment in a working-class area of Algiers where his mother worked in an ammunition factory and cleaned houses. Camus was able to afford elementary school because of his dead father’s veteran status and, although he had recurring health issues, including tuberculosis, he distinguished himself as a student and won a scholarship to the Grand Lycee. There he was an avid reader (Gide, Proust, Verlaine, etc.). In 1932, Camus received his Baccalauréat Degree; in 1933, he enrolled at the University of Algeria for an advanced degree. 1933-1937: Married Simone Hié, divorced her, briefly joined the Communist Party, became disillusioned with it, and was expelled. During this period, he began his theatrical and writing career. 1940s—Married Francine Faure, worked as a journalist in France for the French Resistance newspaper Combat, wrote The Stranger which brought him immediate literary renown, followed by the philosophic The Myth of Sisyphus and became an editor at Gallimard Publishing. -
Albert Camus and Absurd Communication: from Undecidability to Übercommunication
Albert Camus and Absurd Communication: From Undecidability to Übercommunication by Jorge Lizarzaburu B.A., USFQ, 2010 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Communication 2012 This thesis entitled: Albert Camus and Absurd Communication: From Undecidability to Übercommunication written by Jorge M. Lizarzaburu has been approved for the Department of Communication Gerard Hauser Janice Peck Robert Craig Date 5/31/2012 The final copy of this thesis has been examined by the signatories, and we Find that both the content and the form meet acceptable presentation standards Of scholarly work in the above mentioned discipline iii Lizarzaburu, Jorge M. (M.A., Communication, Department of Communication) Albert Camus and Absurd Communication: From Undecidability to Übercommunication Thesis directed by professor Gerard Hauser Communication conceived as understanding is a normative telos among scholars in the field. Absurdity, in the work of Albert Camus, can provide us with a framework to go beyond communication understood as a binary (understanding and misunderstanding) and propose a new conception of communication as absurd. That is, it is an impossible task, however necessary thus we need to embrace its absurdity and value the effort itself as much as the result. Before getting into Camus’ arguments I explain the work of Friedrich Nietzsche to understand the French philosopher in more detail. I describe eternal recurrence and Übermensch as two concepts that can be related to communication as absurd. Then I explain Camus’ notion of absurdity using a Nietzschean lens. -
Albert Camus' Dialogue with Nietzsche and Dostoevsky Sean Derek Illing Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected]
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2014 Between nihilism and transcendence : Albert Camus' dialogue with Nietzsche and Dostoevsky Sean Derek Illing Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Illing, Sean Derek, "Between nihilism and transcendence : Albert Camus' dialogue with Nietzsche and Dostoevsky" (2014). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1393. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1393 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. BETWEEN NIHILISM AND TRANSCENDENCE: ALBERT CAMUS’ DIALOGUE WITH NIETZSCHE AND DOSTOEVSKY A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Political Science by Sean D. Illing B.A., Louisiana State University, 2007 M.A., University of West Florida, 2009 May 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation is the product of many supportive individuals. I am especially grateful for Dr. Cecil Eubank’s guidance. As a teacher, one can do no better than Professor Eubanks. Although his Socratic glare can be terrifying, there is always love and wisdom in his instruction. It is no exaggeration to say that this work would not exist without his support. At every step, he helped me along as I struggled to articulate my thoughts. -
LA Mort Heureuse Free
FREE LA MORT HEUREUSE PDF Albert Camus | 171 pages | 01 May 2010 | Gallimard | 9782070402465 | English, French | France La Mort heureuse, Hans Küng, Sciences humaines - Seuil | Editions Seuil Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want LA Mort Heureuse Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return LA Mort Heureuse Book LA Mort Heureuse. Preview — La Mort heureuse by Albert Camus. La Mort heureuse Folio by Albert Camus. Get A Copy. Kindle Editionpages. Published December 7th by Editions Gallimard first published More Details Original Title. Patrice MersaultRoland Zagreus. National Book Award Finalist for Translation Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about La Mort heureuseplease sign up. Claudia Rocha Yes, it's the story of a man called Mersault and his thoughts on life, happiness and death. It's in French, but I'm sure there's an English LA Mort Heureuse …more Yes, it's the story of a man called Mersault and LA Mort Heureuse thoughts on life, happiness and death. It's in French, but I'm sure there's an English translation less. See all 5 questions about La Mort heureuse…. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of La Mort heureuse Folio. -
Bibliography
Bibliography Amnesty International (2015) Death Sentences and Executions 2014, https://www.amnesty.org.uk/sites/ default/files/death_sentences_and_executions_2014 _ en.pdf, accessed 12 March 2015. Appiah, K. A. (2007) Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (New York: W. W. Norton). Archambault, P. (1972) Camus’ Hellenic Sources (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press). Arendt, H. (1994) Essays in Understandingg (New: York: Schocken Books). Aristotle (1932) Politics, trans. H. Rackham (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). Aristotle (1976) The Nicomachean Ethics, trans. J. A. K Thomson (London and New York: Penguin Books). Aristotle (2013) Poetics, trans. A. Kenny (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Barthes, R. (1972) Critical Essays (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press). Beck, U. and Sznaider, N. (2006) ‘Unpacking Cosmopolitanism for the Social Sciences: A Research Agenda’, British Journal of Sociology, 57(1), 1–23. Benjamin, W. (1999) ‘Theses on the Philosophy of History’ in Illuminations (London: Pimlico). Brown, G. W. (2009) Grounding Cosmopolitanism: From Kant to the Idea of a Cosmopolitan Constitution (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press). Brown, G. W. and Held, D. (eds) (2010) The Cosmopolitanism Readerr (Cambridge: Polity). DOI: 10.1057/9781137525833.0010 Bibliography Camus, A. (1946–7) ‘The Human Crisis’, Twice a Year, 14–15, 19–33. Camus, A. (1948) The Plague (New York: Vintage Books). Camus, A. (1950) Actuelles I: Chroniques, 1944–1948 (Paris: Gallimard). Camus, A. (1956) The Rebell (New York: Vintage Books). Camus, A. (1957) ‘Nobel Banquet Speech’, 10 December, http://www. nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1957/camus-speech. html, accessed 14 November 2014. Camus, A. (1960) Resistance, Rebellion and Death (New York: Vintage Books). -
Camus and Racism
CAMUS AND RACISM A Thesis / Presented to the Department of Foreign Languages of the Kansas State Teachers College Emporia, Kansas In Partial Fulfillment of the Re~uirements for the Degree Master of Science by Ralph Flowers August 1969 o O"V9Ir6Z i " ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The writer wishes to express his sincere appreciation to Dr. Vernon French for his inspiration, to Dr. Minnie Miller for her encouragement, and to Dr. David Travis for his advice and assistance in the preparation of this thesis. o TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION . 1 II. THE LIFE OF CAMUS 3 III. CAMUS AND RACISM . 20 1. Sympathetic Concern 21 2. Economic Concern . 25 3. Political Concern•. 31 4. Social Concern • • 37 5. Personal Concern . 43 6. Artistic Concern • 49 IV. CONCLUSIONS 56 BIBLIOGRAPHY . 59 o CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Buried in the works of Albert Camus are a collection of news paper commentaries on the situation of the Arabs in Algeria. These are the Chroniques Algeriennes. l This is a facet of Camus seldom studied--the involvement in the race problem. Sometimes there is the feeling that Camus was not involved in one of the most basic problems of the world today. This problem lies astride the Jordan river, creates a ghetto of every American city, rents assunder the axis of one of the most monolithic political philosophies of history--the axis between China and Russia. This problem, too, tore into the very fabric of Camus' life. He was born; his formative years were spent in a festering sorespot of this problem, Algeria. Algeria! the land of the invincible summer,2 the one place where this problem should not be. -
Camus' Concept of Alienation
CAMUS' CONCEPT OF ALIENATION DISSERTATION SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF THE Mnittx of ^Ijilo^opI)? m PHILOSOPHY By SHABNAM ASHAI Under the Supervision of Prof. WAHEED AKHTAR Chairman Philosophy Departmant DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSIiy ALIGARH (INDIA) 1994 DS2908 •;'^^ MI\DLIB9 ,,:0 No, 1 8 0CT1997 .002 CH£<^'*'X D DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ALIGARH - 202002 (O.P.) INDIA DATED : 6^(2'W^ CERTIFICATE I certify that the M.Phil, dissertation entitled "Camus' Concept of Alienation", submitted by Ms Shabnam Ashai is her original research work and has been written under my supervision and guidance. Prof. Waheed Akhtar (Supervisor) Deptt. of Philosophy A.M.U., Aligarh (U.P.) DEDICATED TO MY SISTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my profound previlege to express heartiest indebtness to my supervisor. Professor Waheed Akhtar, for his invaluable guidance and. helpful criticism. These words are the barest acknowledgement of all that I owe to him towards the completion of my research work, I am thankful to Dr. Sanaullah Mir, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, A.M.U., who helped me in his generous way, whenever I needed advice, I could rely on him. The completion of this work has been greatly aided by the help and encouragement of Mr. Zubair Rizvi, Secretary Urdu Academy, Delhi and Mustafa Khwaja, Prof. Womens College, M.A. Road, Srinagar. I am most thankful to Mr. Pradeep Sharma who deserves appreciation for typing my dissertation carefully. (SHABNAM ASHAI) CAMUS' CONCEPT OF ALIENATION CHAPTER I: (Page 1-30) CONCEPT OF MAN IN HISTORICAL RETROSPECT: the approach of classical and modern western thinkers, mystics and sufis. -
Albert Camus: Resume for Today Barnabas Davis, O.P
Albert Camus: Resume for Today Barnabas Davis, O.P. It has been four years now since a car crash outside Paris took the life of Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, years which have witnessed conscien tious reappraisals of this unique personality's thought. Last year saw the publication of the first of a trio of his private journals under the title Note books 1935-1942; when the other two volumes appear, we wiU have the complete writings of this young French Algerian and then some .final as sessments may be possible. If this .first volume with its diary-like entries dating from his years at the University of Algiers and including his early writing efforts and war time concern for peace, has done anything for stu dents of his thought, it has directed attention back to his Algerian experi ence. For those who have become acquainted with Camus through his last "I •. 272 DOMINICANA major essay The Rebel (1951), these reflections have the special value of emphasizing the importance of Camus' earlier philosophical position. It would seem appropriate at this time to review the youthful thought of Albert Camus and indicate the general tenor of his writing at the time of his tragic death, along with the areas of discussion current among his com mentators. Camus, who has been called-perhaps too simply-a "Pascal without Christ," rightly ranks with the more controversial of contemporary thinkers. His work, taking the form of both fiction and philosophical essay, utters a pagan message which many observers feel may in time be set beside the great paeans of antiquity. -
Camus' Absurdity
1 Editor’s Desk This issue is a part of our project, Exile and Kingdom, commemorating the birth centennial of the great French philosopher and author, Albert Camus, while presenting a wide array of articles in the hope of bridging his philosophy with theatre and its various facets. The project Exile and Kingdom includes two plays, Na Hanyate (inspired from Camus’ The Just Assassins) and Mritashaucha (inspired by Camus The Misunderstanding), both plays written and directed by Sir (Sh. Torit Mitra). Both the plays are the result of collective and individual researches, workshops, talk shows and study group discussions. Why Camus? What is so important about a French writer? What does he have to do with us? This must be some mere pseudo- cultural indulgence! These are few of the probable reactions to one of the greatest 20th century minds, especially, when he is introduced to our artistic ambiance; if they have heard his name. Well, not knowing cannot be a crime. But criticizing with parochial biasness or blinded practices of a discipline, without an open global learning portal (not I.T.!), is, certainly, pitiful. The aim of our group has always been to uphold theatre as a learning tool to think out of the box; beyond all boundaries and prejudices. As avant-gardes, we have no nation, that’s why we belong to every nation. We have no language, so we have the right to all languages. We have no religion; we are not dogmatic with fanatic beliefs. The group’s theatre newsletter, ‘Yavanpat’, is one such voice that connects to the contemporary cultural practitioners and aesthetes with thought provoking ideas. -
Camus' Feeling of the Absurd
J Value Inquiry https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-018-9633-1 Camus’ Feeling of the Absurd Thomas Po¨lzler1 Ó The Author(s) 2018 In recent years an increasing number of analytic philosophers have become interested in the issue of the meaning of life (e.g., Cottingham 2003; Metz 2014; Wolf 2010; for an overview see Metz 2013). The majority of these philosophers have assumed that some lives are in fact meaningful. One among many conditions that have been claimed to be necessary and sometimes even sufficient for achieving meaning are certain affective mental states, such as emotions or feelings. Harry Frankfurt, for example, has argued that our lives are meaningful to the extent to which we care for or love things (1982a, b, 2004). And according to Susan Wolf, meaning requires both that we pursue objectively worthwhile projects and that we emotionally identify with or take pride in these projects (2010). In contrast to such non-nihilistic approaches, a number of contemporary analytic philosophers have also denied that meaning can be or at least actually is ever achieved at all (e.g., Martin 1993; Murphy 1982; Nagel 1986; Smith 2003). In the context of these views affective mental states have received far less attention. For example, nihilists have failed to investigate in detail which of these states (if any) promote recognizing the fact of life’s meaninglessness or which of these states result from this recognition. In advancing our understanding of these issues it therefore seems helpful to consider corresponding (typically more detailed and elaborated) debates in continental philosophy (e.g., Heidegger 1962; Sartre 1969, 2000). -
Among Paris's Postwar Intellectuals, Albert Camus Stood Apart-Both for His Independence and His Compelling Lucidity
Among Paris's postwar intellectuals, Albert Camus stood apart-both for his independence and his compelling lucidity. Yet few of his admirers knew how different Albert Camus, 1956 Camus was even from the persona that came thi'ough in his early, existential writings. As our author shows, the publication of Camus's last, uncompleted novel brings US closer to the man we barely knew. BY ROBERT ROYAL What they did not like in him was the Algerian. -From The First Man (Notes and Sketches) lbert Camus died in literature's most stunning car crash on January 4, 1960; he had lived in two very different worlds. One extended into the highest reaches of French intellectual and political life and brought him fame and honors, includ- ing the 1957 Nobel Prize for literature. The other was that of the lower- class European workers in the Belcourt quarter of Algiers where Camus was reared, a world of "poverty and sunlight." Even the details of his death reflected his movement between these two worlds. Returning from a vacation in the south of France with Michel Gallimard, scion of the prestigious Parisian publishing family, CAMUS 53 Camus died instantly when Gallimard lost control of his Face1 Vega and struck a tree. (Gallimard died several days later.) Camus's body, accom- panied by only a few family members and close friends, was taken back to the cemetery at Lourmarin, a humble village in Provence where, in the last few years of his life, he liked to write. Camus's deep loyalty to the worlds of high art and simple human existence may be sensed in almost everything he wrote, but nowhere more poignantly than in The First Man, the unfinished manuscript found in his briefcase near the scene of the crash. -
TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY Meaning of Happiness in Camus's a Happy
TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY Meaning of Happiness in Camus’s A Happy Death A Thesis Submitted to the Central Department of English in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English By Prakash Chandra Shrestha Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu February 2010 Tribhuvan University Central Department of English Letter of Recommendation Mr. Prakash Chandra Shrestha has completed his thesis entitled “Meaning of Happiness in Camus’s A Happy Death" under my supervision. He carried out his research from October 2009 to February 2010. I hereby recommend his thesis to be submitted for viva voce. _____________________ Pushpa Raj Achrya Supervisor Central Department of English Date: 2 Tribhuvan University Central Department of English Letter of Approval This is to certify that the thesis entitled “Meaning of Happiness in Camus’s A Happy Death” by Prakash Chandra Shrestha, submitted to the Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, has been approved by the undersigned members of the Research Committee. Members of the Research Committee: _____________________ ____________________ Internal Examiner _____________________ ____________________ External Examiner _____________________ _____________________ ___________________ Head Central Department of English Tribhuvan University Date...................... ........ 3 Acknowledgements I am indebted to my thesis supervisor Mr. Pushpa Raj Achrya, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University for his scholarly guidance and assiduity. I am grateful to Professor Dr. Krishna Chandra Sharma, Head of Central Department of English, for his innovative encouragement. I feel privileged to express heartfelt thanks to Mr. Shanker Subedi, for his useful advice remarkable suggestion and encouragement. If I don’t convey gratitude to my friends Surya Prasad Paneru, Summita Udas, Subarna Deep Shrestha and Shyam Giri for their relevant help, I will be proved a person having no liability.