Camus' Literary Ethics: Between Form and Content

by Grace Whistler

Overview

This book seeks to establish the relevance of Albert Camus’ philosophy and literature to contemporary ethics. By examining Camus’ innovative methods of approaching moral problems, Whistler demonstrates that Camus’ work has much to offer the world of ethics— Camus does philosophy differently, and the insights his methodologies offer could prove invaluable in both ethical theory and practice. Camus sees lived experience and emotion as ineliminable in ethics, and thus he chooses literary methods of communicating moral problems in an attempt to draw positively on these aspects of human morality. Using case studies of Camus’ specific literary methods, including dialogue, myth, mime and syntax, Whistler pinpoints the efficacy of each of Camus’ attempts to flesh-out moral problems, and thus shows just how much contemporary ethics could benefit from such a diversification in method.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030377557
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	01/26/2020
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	209
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Grace Whistler gained her PhD in Philosophy at the University of York. She has published articles in numerous journals including Literature and Theology and the Journal of Life Writing, as well as having written the chapter on ‘The Absurd’ for Brill’s Companion to Albert Camus.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Context, Form, and Content
Chapter 2: A Post-Christian Ethics
Chapter 3: Narrating the Absurd
Chapter 4: Myths, Fables, Parables, Allegories
Chapter 5: Dialogic Ethics
Chapter 6: Absurd Theatre: Caligula and Beyond
Chapter 7: A Novelistic Afterlife
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Ethics Through Interdisciplinarity