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Camus, philosophe : to return to our beginnings /

In Camus, Philosophe: To Return to our Beginnings Matthew Sharpe reads Camus as a philosophe in the classical and enlightenment lineages, arguing that his defense of mesure singles him out amidst 20th century French thought and makes him of renewed relevance today.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sharpe, Matthew, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.
Colección:Social and critical theory ; v. 18.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction Camus, Philosophe?; 1 Enigma; 2 Four Causes of the Camus Renaissance, after Post-Structuralism; 3 But Camus, a Philosopher?; 4 Camus, Neohellenic Philosopher, Neoclassical Humanist; 5 Ancient and Modern: Camus as Post-Enlightenment 'Philosophe'; 6 Why a Philosophe Writes Novels (and Plays, Lyrical Essays . . .); 7 The Desire for Unity and Communion: Camus' Eudemonism; 8 Prospectus and Limits; Part 1 Cave & Critique; Chapter 1 Plague Power: Camus with and against the Critiquesof Instrumental Reason.
  • 1 "Plague Power", from La Peste to L'État de Siège2 The Plague and the Panopticon: Camus with Foucault; 3 Nouvelle Philosophie Avant La Lettre? Another 'Dialectic of Enlightenment'?; 4 Totality on Trial; 5 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 2Theodicy Now? Camus with and against the Secularisation Thesis; 1 Introduction: Camus, Nihilisms, and the Returns to Theology; 2 The Problem of Evil and Modern Metaphysical Rebellion; 3 The Existence of Evil Rationalised: Evangelical, Gnostic, Augustinian Theodicies; 4 'Too Big a Word for Me': Jacques Othon, Father Paneloux, and Doctor Rieux.
  • 5 From Rebellion to Revolution, Unity to Totality: All or Nothing5.1 Absolute Negation; 5.2 Absolute Affirmation; 6 Against Secularised Messianism: Camus' Critique of Marx's Prophetism; 7 Concluding Remarks: Nuancer?; Part 2 Turning Around, the Rough Ascent; Chapter 3 Between All or Nothing: Camus with and against the 'Deconstruction of Western Metaphysics'; 1 Contradictions: Situating the First Camus; 2 Deconstructing Logocentrism, Philosophical Suicide; 3 The Middle Path between Irrationalism and Rationalism; 4 Excursus: Absurd Heroes? Meursault and Caligula with Sade.
  • 5 Je suis revenu à mon commencement: The Irreducibility of the Subject and the Primacy of Ethics6 Concluding Remarks: Camus' Socratism, between Philosophy, Autobiography, and Literature; Chapter 4 From Revolution to Rebellion: Camus with and against the Theorists of Dialogic Ethics; 1 Beyond Nihilism, Sympathetic Imagination: Camus with Levinas; 2 'I Rebel, Therefore We Are': A Primary Post-Metaphysical Value; 3 Between Formal Virtue and Historicism-not 'against History'; 4 Political Suicide? On Camus' Concrete Political Philosophy.
  • 5 Concluding Remarks: Camus and the Legacy of Modern Sceptical HumanismPart 3 Going Back Down; Chapter 5 Excluding Nothing: Camus' NeoHellenic Philosophy of Mesure; 1 From Political Messianisms to Philosophical Naturalim; 1.1 Camus, beyond 'the Political'?; 1.2 A Greece of the Flesh (la chair); 1.3 The Two Sides of Camus' "New Mediterranean Culture", and of His Greeks; 1.4 Contra Philosophies of History, Pace Secular Messianisms; 2 Mesure and Nature; 2.1 Camusian Mesure, a Thought that Excludes Nothing; 2.2 Prometheus Reclaimed: From the Philosophers to the Poets.