Messages
1/31/2022
1 : 34
On reading Camus’ “The Stranger” in its Algerian context
Or, 'The sense of honour among Algerians' (Part 1 of 2)
1/10/2022
1 : 24
Sidebar: A brief history of (not) touching art
Or how the apotheosis of sight and rationality has rendered art obsolete
12/27/2021
1 : 4
21. Epilogue: ‘for the sorrow and education of men’
Or, reading Albert Camus' The Plague during COVID, climate change, and various political crises
12/20/2021
1 : 4
20. On the importance of the imagination in Albert Camus’ theory of the novel
And, on just about everything else, including politics and journalism
12/13/2021
1 : 4
19. On the importance of the figure of Joseph Grand in The Plague
Or, the origins of Albert Camus' theory of the novel
12/6/2021
1 : 4
18. On the influence of journalism in Albert Camus’ development as an intellectual and writer
Or, how criticism of the media informed the writing of The Plague
11/29/2021
1 : 14
17. On Albert Camus’ rules for journalism in dark and oppressive times
Or, how working as a journalist influenced Camus' development as an intellectual and writer
11/22/2021
2 : 4
16. On the themes of language and communication in The Plague
And the underlying influence of technology in the spread of nihilism and abstraction
11/15/2021
2 : 4
On the restoration of communication as a form of rebellion in Albert Camus’ thought
Or, how the play The Misunderstanding (1944) was a rehearsal for The Plague (1947)
11/8/2021
2 : 34
14. On the transposition of The Myth of Sisyphus into an argument about language
Or, the influence of Brice Parain's philosophy of expression on Albert Camus
11/1/2021
11 : 24
13. On the resistance to nihilism, abstraction, and ideology in The Plague
Or, how Albert Camus' novel implicates us all
10/25/2021
3 : 4
12. On Camus’ outline for a politics of non-violence and non-domination
Or, how Camus' ecological imagination resists nihilism and ideology
10/19/2021
5 : 47
10. On the ecological imagination of Albert Camus
From 'Don Juan Faust' to Euphorion
10/19/2021
5 : 47
11. On how Albert Camus’ ecological imagination structures The Plague
The natural comedy, romance, and tragedy of the novel