Albert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd: Ambivalence, Resistance, and Creativity by Matthew H. Bowker (Hardcover, 2013)

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ISBN-13: 9780739181362, 978-0739181362. This book demonstrates that Albert Camus?. Rather than pretend that absurdity usefully describes ?. the human condition,?. the silence of god,?. Absurdists?. 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.

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This book demonstrates that Albert Camus' concept of absurdity is best understood when decoupled from what might be called its ontological aspirations. Rather than pretend that absurdity usefully describes 'the human condition,' 'the silence of god,' 'the deprivation of transcendence,' or 'metaphysical revolt,' 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. Absurdists' cries of spiritual anguish need not persuade us that the conditions of loss, terror, alienation, and deprivation they describe are objectively 'real'. 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 Camus' time and of our own.

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PublisherLexington Books
ISBN-139780739181362
eBay Product ID (ePID)176558643

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Publication NameAlbert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd: Ambivalence, Resistance, and Creativity
SubjectGovernment
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorMatthew H. Bowker
Number of Pages214 Pages

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Item Height237 mm
Item Weight445 g
Item Width159 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorMatthew H. Bowker
TopicLiterature, Popular Philosophy

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