Coming Back to the Absurd: Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus: 80 Years On /

This collection of essays from some of the world's leading Camus scholars is a celebration of the enduring significance and impact of Albert Camus's first philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus . Coming Back to the Absurd examines Camus's unique contribution to philosophy through Th...

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Other Authors: Francev, Peter (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 380.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2023.

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Call Number: HM623

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża
  • Copyright Page /
  • Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża
  • Notes on Contributors /
  • Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża
  • Introduction /
  • Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża
  • Chapter 1 Sickness, Heartache, Punishment, and War: Lessons on the Absurd, or Birth of an Ethic /
  • Meaghan Emery
  • Chapter 2 The Myth of Sisyphus , the Absurd, and the Question of Empathy /
  • Peter Francev
  • Chapter 3 Benjamin Fondane and Albert Camus: Reason and the Absurd /
  • Bruce Baugh
  • Chapter 4 Revolt, Absurdity, and the Artist as Sisyphus /
  • Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray
  • Chapter 5 The Metaphorical Language of the Absurd /
  • Sophie Bastien
  • Chapter 6 Why Did the Stranger Kill the Arab? A Camusian Study in the Absurdity of Moral Motivation /
  • George Heffernan
  • Chapter 7 The Blood That Trickles from the Gospels Is the Color of Printers' Ink: The Relationship between Religious Texts and the Absurd /
  • Eric B. Berg
  • Chapter 8 Unlikely Heroism: Sisyphus, Camus, and the Absurd Posture /
  • Matthew Bowker
  • Chapter 9 Explanation and the Unreasonable Silence of the World /
  • Craig DeLancey
  • Chapter 10 Sisyphus in Hell: The Absurd Thought against (New) Fascism /
  • Samantha Novello
  • Bibliography /
  • Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża
  • Index /
  • Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża.