What can we defend when no final answer is guaranteed? This original English introduction follows Albert Camus from the absurd and Sisyphus to revolt, limits on violence, and the demands of human solidarity. It reads his fiction without erasing colonial Algeria, examines the dispute over revolution, and gives anti-colonial criticism a named place in the argument. Eighteen focused chapters, a glossary, annotated sources, and an invented neighborhood case invite readers to test both the reach and the limits of his ideas. A critical guide, not a work by Camus or an authorized translation.
What can we defend when no final answer is guaranteed? This original English introduction follows Albert Camus from the absurd and Sisyphus to revolt, limits on violence, and the demands of human solidarity. It reads his fiction without erasing colonial Algeria, examines the dispute over revoluti...