Discovering Albert Camus
The Rejection Atheism in Favor of Traditional Religious Belief
I recently decided to refresh my knowledge and understanding of Albert Camus, a fascinating intellectual in the modern French literary, artistic and philosophical scene. [1] He seems to be one of those characters that emerged when the world, and especially Western Europe was trying to rationalize the aftermath of two world wars, the cultural and political tsunamis of the sixties and the political and military strain of the Cold war. Today, there is some evidence for a resurgence in interest in Camus. Analyzing interest through topics that act as proxy indicators for social unease and anxiety, for individual quests for a deeper life meaning and more generally for inquiries seeking to learn about new and better ways of coping with the ups and downs of life. Overall, it is easy to find evidence that searches against YouTube for terms such as “Existentialism, Catholicism and Absurdism “ are on the rise. [2]
My first exposure to Camus happened several years ago , while reading about the French language. Camus was referred to as a master of the French language despite having grown up in Algeria under disadvantaged conditions, one of the many potentially forgotten “Pied-Noir” people, part of a complex Franco-Algerian society finding its way in the early 1900s. His early life…
