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Albert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd: Ambivalence, Resistance, and Creativity
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Lexington Books
Publication date
December 18, 2013
Pages
205
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739181362
ISBN-10
073918136X
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$85.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book demonstrates that Albert Camusâ concept of absurdity is best understood when decoupled from what might be called its ontological aspirations. Rather than pretend that absurdity usefully describes âthe human condition,â âthe silence of god,â âthe deprivation of transcendence,â or âmetaphysical revolt,â I argue that, for absurdity to be a fruitful idea, it must be approached as a psychological disposition and its basic tenets must be translated into phenomenal and psychological language. The book defines the particular psychological disposition of absurdity by analogizing it with the constructs of ambivalence, integration, conscious resistance, and creativity. Its central contention is that absurdity may be interpreted as a kind of ambivalence and, thus, as an aspect of psychological experience that demands a creative and mature response.
Absurdistsâ cries of spiritual anguish need not persuade us that the conditions of loss, terror, alienation, and deprivation they describe are objectively ârealâ. If, instead, descriptions of absurdity may be understood as psychological accounts of the powerfully ambivalent impulses toward merger and toward separateness, toward group-immersion and toward subjectivity, then absurd revolt involves recognizing, resisting, and integrating such impulses in order to facilitate mature ethical action. It may be possible, I argue, by examining the dynamics of absurdity, ambivalence, resistance, and creativity, to develop a new grounding for an absurd political morality. This book asks what unique properties and advantages this renewed political morality offers and applies this grounding to some of the political and moral crises of Camusâ time and of our own.
Absurdistsâ cries of spiritual anguish need not persuade us that the conditions of loss, terror, alienation, and deprivation they describe are objectively ârealâ. If, instead, descriptions of absurdity may be understood as psychological accounts of the powerfully ambivalent impulses toward merger and toward separateness, toward group-immersion and toward subjectivity, then absurd revolt involves recognizing, resisting, and integrating such impulses in order to facilitate mature ethical action. It may be possible, I argue, by examining the dynamics of absurdity, ambivalence, resistance, and creativity, to develop a new grounding for an absurd political morality. This book asks what unique properties and advantages this renewed political morality offers and applies this grounding to some of the political and moral crises of Camusâ time and of our own.
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9780739181362 | details & prices | 205 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $85.00
About: This book demonstrates that Albert Camusâ concept of absurdity is best understood when decoupled from what might be called its ontological aspirations.
About: This book demonstrates that Albert Camusâ concept of absurdity is best understood when decoupled from what might be called its ontological aspirations.
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