Albert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd
Matthew Hamilton Bowker
A doctoral study that clarifies what Camus meant by the absurd and what it means for morality and politics. It also reviews how Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Sartre approached absurdity before him.
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