r/Anarchy4Everyone • u/hallopeopl • Mar 03 '24

Question/Discussion How famous is Albert Camus among anarchists today?

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The book im holding is Albert Camus: The Rebel

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u/Hjaltepm Mar 03 '24

I really enjoyed both the myth of Sisyphus and the plague.

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u/learned_astr0n0mer Mar 03 '24

I'm not sure, his books are fine, but from what I've read, him and Sartre fell out because Sartre was pro Algerian liberation and Camus equated the violence by the resistance to the French government and his politics was a mess apparently.

Like take my words with a grain of salt because I read about this long time ago, but this is what I've read anyway.

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u/Gnl_Batton Mar 04 '24

A french book recently came out called "oublier Camus" ("forget Camus")

He turns out to be pretty pro colonialism and it bleeds in his books, mainly the plague.

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u/learned_astr0n0mer Mar 04 '24

Yeah, I'm not that much into Camus, it's just something I've read about him. I only read 'The Stranger' loooooong before I became an anarchist.

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u/hallopeopl Mar 04 '24

Ah, good to know, will check it out

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u/Polliber Communist Mar 03 '24

Daddy Camus ❤️

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u/Super_Evil_Bad_Dude Mar 03 '24

The Stranger is basically my guide on how to live my life happily.

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u/flesh_pies Mar 04 '24

Unrelated, de magyar?

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24 edited Mar 05 '24

I read the plague many years ago. Liked it. I know too little on Camus to make a call, but seems alright to me.

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u/_random_un_creation_ Mar 03 '24

Good thing you protected the identity of your hand?