The Illumination of Albert Camus and the History of Absurdism
Making sense of a random world that makes no sense
Albert Camus was a French author, philosopher, political activist, journalist, author, dramatist and He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Plague, The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, and The Fall.
A member of the French Resistance during World War II, he became a celebrity after the war, giving many lectures around the world.
As for his political activism, Camus was part of the left that opposed the Soviet Union, and Joseph Stalin, because of their totalitarianism.
A moralist, Camus was a non-dogmatic supporter of the anarcho-syndicalism philosophy. A visionary, he was a member of many organizations seeking European integration.
Philosophically, Camus’s views expanded and contributed to the popularity in many circles of the philosophy of Absurdism.
Many also consider Camus’s writings to be existential in nature, in spite of the fact that he himself rejected the label throughout his lifetime.
