Albert Camus in the 21st Century

A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-420-2358-1
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 308, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: Faux Titre

In the first decade of a new century, this collection of bilingual essays examines Camus’s continuing popularity for a new generation of readers. In crucial respects, the world Camus knew has changed beyond all recognition: decolonization, the fall of the Iron Curtain, a new era of globalization and the rise of new forms of terrorism have all provoked a reconsideration of Camus’s writings. If the Absurd once struck a particular chord, Meursault is as likely now to be seen as a colonial figure who expresses the alienation of the settler from the land of his birth. Yet this increasing orthodoxy must also take account of the reasons why a new community of Algerian readers have embraced Camus. Equally, once isolated because of his anti-Communist stance, Camus has been taken up by disaffected members of the Left, convinced that new forms of totalitarianism are abroad in the world. This volume, which ranges from interpretations of Camus’s literary works, his journalism and his political writings, will be of interest to all those seeking to re-evaluate Camus’s work in the light of ethical and political issues that are of continuing relevance today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Margerrison, Christine

Orme, Mark

Lincoln, Lissa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations
Mark ORME and Christine MARGERRISON: Introduction
I: Maurice WEYEMBERGH: Réflexions sur l’(in)actualité de Camus
Colonialism
II: Peter DUNWOODIE: Negotiation or Confrontation? Camus, Memory and the Colonial Chronotope
III: Maria Teresa PULEIO: Albert Camus lu par Assia Djebar, ou comment écrire “ensemble” l’histoire des pieds-noirs et des colonisés
IV: Raylene RAMSAY: Colonial/Postcolonial Hybridity in Le Premier Homme and Jean-Marie Tjibaou’s “First Man”, Kanaké
V: Christine MARGERRISON: Sous le regard des hommes: “La Femme adultère”
Ethics
VI: Kevin NEWMARK: Tongue-tied: What Camus’s Fiction Couldn’t Teach Us about Ethics and Politics
VII: Jørn BOISEN: Hédonisme et éthique: un paradoxe camusien?
VIII: Geraldine F. MONTGOMERY: “Plus loin que la morale”: considérations sur la quête camusienne d’une éthique et d’un au-delá
IX: Tobias CHEUNG: Life-Worlds and the Problem of Subjectivity: A Comparison Between L’Étranger and Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country
X: Rouven PORZ, Jackie LEACH SCULLY and Christoph REHMANN-SUTTER: The Absurd in the Field of Genetic Diagnosis
XI: Lissa LINCOLN: Discours du juste ou juste un discours? Discours et jugement chez Albert Camus dans un âge de justification morale
Politics
XII: André ABBOU: L’actualité de Camus, demain. Contre “l’ensauvagement”: ré-humaniser l’homme
XIII: Guy DUGAS: Camus, Sénac, Roblès: les écrivains de l’École d’alger face au terrorisme
XIV: John FOLEY: Albert Camus and Political Violence
XV: Virginie LUPO: Camus, l’éternel contemporain
XVI: Anne TEULAT: Lire Camus au XXIe siècle: un journalisme visionnaire et éthique
XVII: Mark ORME: Camus et le défis de la démocratie au XXIe siècle
XVIII: Samantha NOVELLO: Tragedy and “Aesthetic Politics”: Re-thinking the Political beyond Nihilism in the Work of Albert Camus
Bibliography
Index