Camus' Literary Ethics: Between Form and Content 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Whistler, Grace (Author) |
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ISBN: 303037758X ISBN-13: 9783030377588 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.59 lbs) 209 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book seeks to establish the relevance of Albert Camus' philosophy and literature to contemporary ethics. By examining Camus' innovative methods of approaching moral problems, Whistler demonstrates that Camus' work has much to offer the world of ethics-- Camus does philosophy differently, and the insights his methodologies offer could prove invaluable in both ethical theory and practice. Camus sees lived experience and emotion as ineliminable in ethics, and thus he chooses literary methods of communicating moral problems in an attempt to draw positively on these aspects of human morality. Using case studies of Camus' specific literary methods, including dialogue, myth, mime and syntax, Whistler pinpoints the efficacy of each of Camus' attempts to flesh-out moral problems, and thus shows just how much contemporary ethics could benefit from such a diversification in method. |