Repositorium | Buch | Kapitel
(2014) Humor, laughter and human flourishing, Dordrecht, Springer.
This chapter focuses on Albert Camus' struggle with the absurd as portrayed in a number of his works such as The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, The Stanger, and The Plague. I begin my analysis by demonstrating that Camus was heavily influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche's conception of nihilism. In the next part, I show how Camus advocated rebellion as a response to nihilism and vehemently opposed the tendency to resort to cynicism and despair. I then move to explore the type of humor that is rebellious by analyzing three short comedic texts that are both defiant and liberating. The final part of this chapter examines the educational value of rebellious humor and shows how it can assist us in the struggle against nihilism.
Publikationsangaben
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00834-9_3
Quellenangabe:
Gordon, M. (2014). Camus' struggle with the absurd: rebellion as a response to nihilism, in Humor, laughter and human flourishing, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 29-41.
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