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Summary: A good book
Review: The rebel is on of camus's best books .It stresses the need to rebel and its relation to human nature .But the part of "HIstorical Rebillion" needs a careful readin .Camus made a lot of generalizations and mistaks handeling the issue of marxism and communism .It is a good book any way
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Summary: The Unsung Work of Camus
Review: This is largely the explanation behind all of Camus's works. Everything Camus ever wrote, from "The Myth of Sisyphus" to "The Plague," had some form of rebellion. What kind, though? In order to understand, you must read this book. There are different types of rebellion (metaphysical and romantic), and different types of circumstances surrounding both. Camus seeks to explore individual's humanity through the notion of rebellion. This book is not for the faint of heart, but Camus fanatics will enjoy this extremely well-written work.
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Summary: The Unsung Work of Camus
Review: This is largely the explanation behind all of Camus's works. Everything Camus ever wrote, from "The Myth of Sisyphus" to "The Plague," had some form of rebellion. What kind, though? In order to understand, you must read this book. There are different types of rebellion (metaphysical and romantic), and different types of circumstances surrounding both. Camus seeks to explore individual's humanity through the notion of rebellion. This book is not for the faint of heart, but Camus fanatics will enjoy this extremely well-written work.
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Summary: The Unsung Work of Camus
Review: This is largely the explanation behind all of Camus's works. Everything Camus ever wrote, from "The Myth of Sisyphus" to "The Plague," had some form of rebellion. What kind, though? In order to understand, you must read this book. There are different types of rebellion (metaphysical and romantic), and different types of circumstances surrounding both. Camus seeks to explore individual's humanity through the notion of rebellion. This book is not for the faint of heart, but Camus fanatics will enjoy this extremely well-written work.
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Summary: thoughts for the contemporary mind
Review: Though faulty in places, Camus's historical assessment of rebellion and revolt provides useful insights into the psychology, and dangers, of both.
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Summary: The Logic of Rebellion
Review: Without straying into the dogamtism or the sentinmental romantic mindset that Camus warns of, this book had a profound affect on me as it helped me reconcile my 'reasoned' agnosticism and irreligion with my 'intuitive' socialism. I have since come to the conclusion (with the help of Camus) that both the above aspects of my world-view are logical, and perhaps most importantly,that it is necessary to temper whatever ideolgies you happen to find yourself agreeing with, your own intuitive morality. This is in my opinion the crux of The Rebel as Camus examines the history of religous (metaphysical) and social rebellion. From the Marquis De Sade and Neitzche in the former to the French Revolution and USSR in the later. Camus seems to have started from a point of being at a loss to explain the seeming contradictions in apparently well meaning revolution's that dole out (or promise freedom over here) and practice tyranny over there. Camus shows the depth and originality of his thinking by showing that these contradictions can be seen as the logical conclusions to total obediance to the doctrines of Marx, Hegel and Rosseau amoungst others ( these contradictions are found in the works themselves of Marx et al as these thinkers have been 'slaves' to their own logic which can be seen as analagous to Weber's notion of 'over-rationalism' and the 'iron cage' ). The result is a wise and profound analysys of social rebellion and a proscription for future reform as well as presenting a kind of 'eudaimon' for the contemporary existentialist.
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