Archived "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." -Albert Camus (GreatQuotes)
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Archived "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." -Albert Camus (GreatQuotes)
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[–] mamwad 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Camus was one of the only French intellectuals at the time who condemned violence on both sides of the French-Algerian conflict. Everyone on the right supported French violence and everybody on the left supported Arab violence. The Stranger was based on his idea that the only time killing can be guilt-free is when a man does it without premeditation.
[–] Agitprop [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Now that's interesting. I know he lived in Algiers for a while, but I never interpreted The Stranger as anything but a philosophical work.
Intellectuals sure have changed a lot since then.
[–] mamwad 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
He makes it pretty clear in The Rebel.