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The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

By Albert Camus

Book information

Publisher
Vintage International
Year
1992
ISBN
0679733841, 9780679733843
LCC
HM281 .C3513 1991
Open Library ID
OL1566124M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1166723 bytes)
Pages
152\152
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established orders throughout history. And yet, with an eye toward the French Revolution and its regicides and deicides, he shows how inevitably the course of revolution leads to tyranny. As old regimes throughout the world collapse, The Rebel resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times.Translated from the French by Anthony Bower.

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