Albert Camus: The Unheroic Hero of Our Time

ISBN-13: 9780367334925 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 88 str.

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Opis

This book interprets the ideas and concepts that characterize the works of Albert Camus for our contemporary times. It investigates Camus’s 'revolted compassion' as an outsider and a philosopher-writer who in his own words believed in ‘creating dangerously’and will be of interest to scholars of literature, philosophy and African Studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Thinking with Camus: From Violence to Nonviolence 2. A Meridian Philosopher 3. Thermodynamics of Death and Solidarity towards Life 4. A Soul in Rebellion 5. From Solitude to Hope 6. Camus the Outsider: Facing the Past and the Present 7. Conclusion: The Exercise of Measuredness: Is a Camusian Nonviolence Possible?

O autorze

Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian–Canadian philosopher. He is presently the Executive Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the Vice-Dean of the School of Law at Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. He is the winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain (2009) for his extensive academic work in promoting dialogue among cultures and his advocacy for nonviolence. More recently he is the winner of the Josep Palau i Fabre International Essay Prize. Some of his most recent publications are　Gadflies in the Public Space (2016), The Decline of Civilization (2017), Letters to a Young Philosopher　(2017), On Forgiveness and Revenge (2017) and The Global Gandhi: Essays in Comparative Political Philosophy (2018).