A Political Theology of the Absurd? Albert Camus and Simone Weil on Social Transformation

Albert Camus’ philosophy of the absurd described a tension between nihilism and the impulse to resist it at the heart of human experience. His lyrical responses to the challenge of the absurd are founded on the possibility of affirming the struggle for social values in spite of absurdity without rec...

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Main Author: Skrimshire, Stefan (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2006
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2006, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 286-300
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