{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-camus-through-a-kierkegaardian-lens-9780198924838","title":"The Philosophy of Camus: Through a Kierkegaardian Lens","description":"Although Albert Camus is recognised as an important novelist and political commentator, he is often still underrated as a philosopher. \u003cem\u003eCamus' Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, focussing on Camus' explicitly philosophical writings, provides a detailed examination of his intellectual development, and argues that his work constitutes a coherent, carefully argued meditation on central philosophical themes. A systematic comparison of Camus with Soren Kierkegaard provides an interpretive lens through which Camus' central philosophical concerns are brought into focus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamus' three thematic \"cycles\" - dealing with Absurdity, Revolt and Love\/Nemesis - are compared and contrasted with Kierkegaard's three \"stages of life\" - the aesthetic, ethical and religious. Anthony Rudd argues that the Absurd in Camus refers primarily to an experience of the world as lacking Meaning, in a broadly religious sense, which Camus sees as entailing a radical amoralism. Rudd compares this outlook to Kierkegaard's \"aestheticism\", before considering the reasons for Camus' eventual rejection of Absurdist amoralism for the ethical philosophy which Camus develops in \u003cem\u003eThe Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eCamus' Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e raises questions, in a Kierkegaardian spirit, about whether Camus' ethics can be viable without a fuller metaphysical background than he articulates in \u003cem\u003eThe Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e. Rudd concludes by considering the continuing tension between Camus' affirmation of a Meaningful order in nature and his sensitivity to suffering and evil, looking at his account of tragedy and the apparent pessimism of his last published novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Rudd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.43h x 6.43w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198924838","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446862872713,"sku":"9780198924838","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6a461536-b1f5-40a6-b9b9-2944f3a04f47.jpg?v=1741684100","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-camus-through-a-kierkegaardian-lens-9780198924838","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}