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Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays
by
Albert Camus,
Justin O'Brien
May 4, 2017 - May 5, 2017
(read/essay-collections)
Camus, A. (1995). Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays. Vintage.
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chary »
p.251
camellia »
(noun) any of a genus (Camellia) of shrubs or tre…
p.195
vainglory »
(noun) excessive or ostentatious pride especially…
p.178
mawkish »
(adjective) having an insipid often unpleasant ta…
p.163
catechism »
a summary of the principles of Christian religion…
p.267
[...] The lesson he finds in beauty, if he draws …
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[...] Art, in a sense, is a revolt against everyt…
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[...] Consequently, there is but one possible rea…
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[...] The greatest renown today consists in being…
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[...] But precisely because he is not absolutely …
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Letters to a German Friend
written and published clandestinely during the Occupation of France
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Letters to a German Friend
written and published clandestinely during the Occupation of France
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The Blood of Freedom
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The Night of Truth
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The Flesh
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Pessimism and Courage
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Defense of Intelligence
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The Unbeliever and Christians
a speech given at a Monasterary in 1948 about the responsibilities of Christianity (e.g., in the face of tyranny)
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The Unbeliever and Christians
a speech given at a Monasterary in 1948 about the responsibilities of Christianity (e.g., in the face of tyranny)
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Why Spain?
reply to Gabriel Marcel, who criticised Camus' play State of Siege (about totalitarian tyranny) for being set in Spain and not, say, Eastern Europe. this essay is just Camus explaining all the problems he sees with Spain
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Why Spain?
reply to Gabriel Marcel, who criticised Camus' play State of Siege (about totalitarian tyranny) for being set in Spain and not, say, Eastern Europe. this essay is just Camus explaining all the problems he sees with Spain
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Bread and Freedom
speech given in 1953. about socialism and totalitarianism
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Homage to an Exile
a speech delivered in 1955 in honour of Eduardo Santos, former El Tiempo journalist who had been president of Colombia between 1938 to 1942 until he was driven out of the country by the new dictatorship
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Homage to an Exile
a speech delivered in 1955 in honour of Eduardo Santos, former El Tiempo journalist who had been president of Colombia between 1938 to 1942 until he was driven out of the country by the new dictatorship
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Preface to Algerian Reports
explaining the context behind the next few sections on the political situation in Algeria. he wanted a compromise between the two sides (the French rulers, and the Algerians who wanted to be free of all French influence, including people like Camus)
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Preface to Algerian Reports
explaining the context behind the next few sections on the political situation in Algeria. he wanted a compromise between the two sides (the French rulers, and the Algerians who wanted to be free of all French influence, including people like Camus)
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Algeria 1958
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Kadar Had His Day of Fear
about the recent counter-revolution/coup in Hungary, headed by János Kádár, which Camus seems very much against
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Kadar Had His Day of Fear
about the recent counter-revolution/coup in Hungary, headed by János Kádár, which Camus seems very much against
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Socialism of the Gallows
about totalitarianism and art and how the two cannot coexist as the latter requires freedom
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Socialism of the Gallows
about totalitarianism and art and how the two cannot coexist as the latter requires freedom
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Reflections on the Guillotine
a great essay arguing against capital punishment, primarily because of the harsh and irreversible distinction it draws between the guilty and the innocent--a distinction that none of us is really qualified to make
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Reflections on the Guillotine
a great essay arguing against capital punishment, primarily because of the harsh and irreversible distinction it draws between the guilty and the innocent--a distinction that none of us is really qualified to make
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The Wager of Our Generation
1957 interview about art, and inserting a work into its time, and Camus' opposition to the idea of "art for art's sake"
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The Wager of Our Generation
1957 interview about art, and inserting a work into its time, and Camus' opposition to the idea of "art for art's sake"
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Create Dangerously
a beautiful lecture given in 1957 about the (social, political) responsibilities of writers
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Create Dangerously
a beautiful lecture given in 1957 about the (social, political) responsibilities of writers
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