The Rebel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
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What drives a human being to rise up against the world's injustices — and what happens when that righteous revolt curdles into tyranny? First published in French as L'Homme révolté in 1951, Albert Camus's landmark philosophical essay presents a sweeping and penetrating inquiry into the nature of rebellion, tracing its roots from ancient metaphysical defiance against the gods to the violent political revolutions that scarred the twentieth century. With characteristic intellectual rigour, Camus argues that the act of rebellion is inseparable from a fundamental affirmation of human solidarity and dignity, yet chronicles how revolutionary idealism, once divorced from its moral foundations, inevitably generates the very oppression it sought to destroy. Written at the height of the Cold War and in direct confrontation with the dominant currents of Marxist thought, The Rebel stands as one of the most courageous and controversial works of modern Western philosophy — a text that famously precipitated Camus's bitter split with Jean-Paul Sartre and reshaped the intellectual landscape of post-war Europe. Camus illustrates his arguments through a remarkable cast of thinkers, artists, and revolutionaries — from Sade and Nietzsche to Marx and the Russian nihilists — weaving history, literature, and philosophy into a seamless and urgent moral vision. Written with the spare, luminous prose that earned Camus the Nobel Prize in Literature, this is an essential text for anyone who dares to ask whether freedom and justice can ever truly coexist.
Author: Albert Camus
Format: Paperback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What drives a human being to rise up against the world's injustices — and what happens when that righteous revolt curdles into tyranny? First published in French as L'Homme révolté in 1951, Albert Camus's landmark philosophical essay presents a sweeping and penetrating inquiry into the nature of rebellion, tracing its roots from ancient metaphysical defiance against the gods to the violent political revolutions that scarred the twentieth century. With characteristic intellectual rigour, Camus argues that the act of rebellion is inseparable from a fundamental affirmation of human solidarity and dignity, yet chronicles how revolutionary idealism, once divorced from its moral foundations, inevitably generates the very oppression it sought to destroy. Written at the height of the Cold War and in direct confrontation with the dominant currents of Marxist thought, The Rebel stands as one of the most courageous and controversial works of modern Western philosophy — a text that famously precipitated Camus's bitter split with Jean-Paul Sartre and reshaped the intellectual landscape of post-war Europe. Camus illustrates his arguments through a remarkable cast of thinkers, artists, and revolutionaries — from Sade and Nietzsche to Marx and the Russian nihilists — weaving history, literature, and philosophy into a seamless and urgent moral vision. Written with the spare, luminous prose that earned Camus the Nobel Prize in Literature, this is an essential text for anyone who dares to ask whether freedom and justice can ever truly coexist.