The rebel
Camus, Albert, 1913-19602000
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Camus described this brilliant essay on the nature of human revolt as 'an attempt to understand the time I live in'. Published in 1951, it expresses his horror at the events of a period which 'within fifty years, uproots, enslaves, or kills seventy million human beings'. Hope for the future, he argues, lies in revolt, which unlike revolution is a spontaneous response to injustice and a chance to achieve change without giving up individual or collective freedom. The Rebel created an irreconcilable rift between Camus and his friend Jean-Paul Sartre who bitterly attacked Camus for his criticism of communism.
Main title:
The rebel / Albert Camus ; translated by Anthony Bower with an introduction by Olivier Todd.
Author:
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2000.
Collation:
xviii, 269 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This translation originally published: London : Hamish Hamilton, 1953.L'homme révolté first published 1951.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780141182018 (paperback)
Dewey class:
303.4
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
467632
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Society | SOCIETY 303.4 CAMU | Available |