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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255331403321

Autore

Hayden Patrick <1965->

Titolo

Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought : Between Despair and Hope / / by P. Hayden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-52583-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

Global Political Thinkers

Classificazione

POL011000

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Political science

Philosophy of mind

Self

World politics

Social sciences - Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Political Theory

Philosophy of the Self

Political History

Political Science

Social Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 1 Situating Camus; 2 Human Existence and the Tragic Beauty of the Absurd; 3 Rebellion and an Ethics of Measure; 4 Politics and the Limits of Violence; 5 From Justice to Solidarity; 6 Cosmopolitanism without Hope; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Albert Camus was a formative artist, writer and public figure whose work defies conventional labels, and whose legacy is controversial but substantial. His distinctive contribution to modern ethical and political thought remains far from settled. Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought comprehensively yet concisely explores how Camus's compelling ideas of absurdity and rebellion emerged, how his complex



political engagements and positions developed, and how his conception of an ethics of limits and measure retains a vital, contemporary resonance in an era of unsettling global politics. Drawing upon the full range of Camus's notebooks, novels, plays and philosophical essays, Hayden shows Camus to be an original political thinker of human dignity and freedom whose life and work sought to navigate between the twin dangers of idealistic optimism and nihilistic despair.