Albert Camus is broadly regarded as a philosopher of our time: a freedom fighter and a pioneering anti-colonialist. Oliver Gloag rejects the simplicity of this persistent image. A careful reading of Camus's three major novels - The Stranger, The Plague, and The First Man - reveals a deep-seated attachment to colonialism and the colonial way of life. Forget Camus argues that its subject's contradictions are central to understanding both his work and the meaning behind his enduring popularity. The legacy of the most widely read Frenchman in the world has been co-opted to present a flattering and false version of colonial history and is an obstacle to France coming to terms with its neocolonial present.
Forget Camus is a book about colonial history and a nation's literature that lays bare the ideological contradictions of French society past and present.
- 128 pages
- English
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Topic
PhilosophySubtopic
French HistoryTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. For a Colonialism with a Human Face
- 2. Colonial Representations
- 3. Sartre and Camus, Inseparable
- 4. The Anti-Sartre
- 5. Receptions
- Conclusion: Camus, Precursor of Postmodernity
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
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