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Free Download Matthew H. Bowker, "Rethinking the Politics of Absurdity: Albert Camus, Postmodernity, and the Survival of Innocence"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0415717612 | EPUB | pages: 132 | 0.5 mb
What does it mean to describe something or someone as absurd? Why did absurd philosophy and literature become so popular amidst the violent conflicts and terrors of the mid- to late-twentieth century? Is it possible to understand absurdity not as a feature of events, but as a psychological posture or stance? If so, what are the objectives, dynamics, and repercussions of the absurd stance? And in what ways has the absurd stance continued to shape postmodern thought and contemporary culture?

Free Download Camus at Combat: Writing 1944-1947 (Audiobook)
English | November 15, 2022 | ASIN: B0BMB9R769 | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 57m | 706 MB
Author: Albert Camus | Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
Paris is firing all its ammunition into the August night. Against a vast backdrop of water and stone, on both sides of a river awash with history, freedom’s barricades are once again being erected. Once again justice must be redeemed with men’s blood.
Albert Camus (1913-1960) wrote these words in August 1944, as Paris was being liberated from German occupation. Although best known for his novels including The Stranger and The Plague, it was his vivid descriptions of the horrors of the occupation and his passionate defense of freedom that in fact launched his public fame.

Free Download Robert D. Zaretsky, "Albert Camus: Elements of a Life"
English | ISBN: 080147907X | 2013 | 200 pages | EPUB | 599 KB
Like many others of my generation, I first read Camus in high school. I carried him in my backpack while traveling across Europe, I carried him into (and out of) relationships, and I carried him into (and out of) difficult periods of my life. More recently, I have carried him into university classes that I have taught, coming out of them with a renewed appreciation of his art. To be sure, my idea of Camus thirty years ago scarcely resembles my idea of him today. While my admiration and attachment to his writings remain as great as they were long ago, the reasons are more complicated and critical.―Robert Zaretsky

Free Download Matthew Sharpe, "Brill’s Companion to Camus Camus among the Philosophers"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 9004401741 | PDF | pages: 488 | 45.7 mb
This book is the first English-language collection of essays by leading Camus scholars around the world to focus on Albert Camus place and status as a philosopher amongst philosophers, engaging with leading Western thinkers, and considering themes of enduring interest.

Free Download Robert Zaretsky, "A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning"
English | ISBN: 0674724763 | 2013 | 240 pages | AZW3 | 360 KB
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Albert Camus declared that a writer’s duty is twofold: "the refusal to lie about what one knows and the resistance against oppression." These twin obsessions help explain something of Camus’ remarkable character, which is the overarching subject of this sympathetic and lively book. Through an exploration of themes that preoccupied Camus-absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation-Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who refused to be fooled by the nobler names we assign to our actions, and who pushed himself, and those about him, to challenge the status quo.

Free Download Peter Francev, "Coming Back to the Absurd: Albert Camus’s the Myth of Sisyphus 80 Years on "
English | ISBN: 9004526757 | 2022 | 244 pages | PDF | 15 MB

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Free Download Robert E. Meagher, "Albert Camus and the Human Crisis"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1643138219 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 2.7 mb
A renowned scholar investigates the "human crisis" that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camus’s life and influence for those readers who, in Camus’s words, "cannot live without dialogue and friendship."