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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679733841

ISBN-139780679733843

eBay Product ID (ePID)417678

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Book TitleRebel : an Essay on Man in Revolt

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMovements / Existentialism, Revolutionary, Essays

Publication Year1992

GenrePhilosophy, Literary Collections, History

AuthorAlbert Camus

Book SeriesVintage International Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.4 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN91-050022

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"The Rebel is a piece of reasoning in the great tradition of French logic....But what is so exhilarating about Camus's essay is that here is the voice of a man of unshakable decency." -- Atlantic "Camus's book is one of the extremely few that express the contemporary hour...yet profoundly transcend it." -- New Republic

Dewey Decimal170

SynopsisBy one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established orders throughout history. And yet, with an eye toward the French Revolution and its regicides and deicides, he shows how inevitably the course of revolution leads to tyranny. As old regimes throughout the world collapse, The Rebel resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times. Translated from the French by Anthony Bower., By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution that resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established orders throughout history. And yet, with an eye toward the French Revolution and its regicides and deicides, he shows how inevitably the course of revolution leads to tyranny. Translated from the French by Anthony Bower.

LC Classification NumberHM281