A philosophical exploration of the idea of 'rebellion' by one of the
leading existentialist thinkers, Albert Camus' The Rebel looks at
artistic and political rebels throughout history, from Epicurus to the
Marquis de Sade. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by
Anthony Bower with an introduction by Oliver Todd. The Rebel is Camus'
'attempt to understand the time I live in' and a brilliant essay on the
nature of human revolt.
Published in 1951, it makes a daring
critique of communism - how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain
and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It questions two events held
sacred by the left wing - the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian
Revolution of 1917 - that had resulted, he believed, in terrorism as a
political instrument. In this towering intellectual document, Camus
argues that hope for the future lies in revolt, which unlike revolution
is a spontaneous response to injustice and a chance to achieve change
without giving up collective and intellectual freedom.
Albert
Camus (1913-60) is the author of a number of best-selling and highly
influential works, all of which are published by Penguin. They include
The Fall, The Outsider and The First Man. Awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1957, Camus is remembered as one of the few writers to
have shaped the intellectual climate of post-war France, but beyond
that, his fame has been international.
The Rebel - Albert Camus
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