Camus: Portrait of a Moralist
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816632847 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Remarkable Synthesis "Camus" Portrait of a Moralist" is a splendid book. I came across it after just finishing a A Remarkable Synthesis Galen Tinder "Camus" Portrait of a Moralist" is a splendid book. I came across it after just finishing a 400+ biography of the subject that bulged with facts and quotes but lacked insight and analysis. These later two virtues Stephen Bronner provides in abundance. His remarkable achievement is to offer in 150 p. 00+ biography of the subject that bulged with facts and quotes but lacked insight and analysis. These later two virtues Stephen Bronner provides in abundance. His remarkable achievement is to offer in 150 p
Book by Bronner, Stephen Eric
of MemphisCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Bronner rightfully concludes that Camus created a "positive morality, if not a sense of ethics, capable of providing rules for secular living." This specialized analysis will appeal to comparativists and literary scholars.ARobert T. He succeeds in explaining Camus's unique sense of personal responsibility and his lucidity, tolerance, and honesty. Bronner's discussion of Camus's earlier works like The Stranger and Caligula offer few new insights, but his helpful analyses of the play The Just and the treatise The Rebel clarify Camus's political ethics, whereby murder in most cases cannot be justified. . Ivey, Univ. From Library Journal Arguing that a balanced philosophical and artistic treatment of Albert Camus is lacking, Bronner (political science/comparative literature, Rutgers Univ.) combines biographical facts with analyses of Camus's novels and plays to elucidate Camus's role as a moralist.