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Forget Camus - by Oliver Gloag (Paperback)

Name: Forget Camus - by Oliver Gloag (Paperback)
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PEELING BACK THE MYTHS OBSCURING FRANCE'S ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR AUTHOR Albert Camus is broadly regarded as a philosopher of our time: a freedom fighter and a pioneering anti-colonialist.
About the Author: Oliver Gloag is a writer affiliated with Duke's Institute for Critical Theory.
144 Pages
Philosophy, Individual Philosophers

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PEELING BACK THE MYTHS OBSCURING FRANCE'S ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR AUTHOR

Albert Camus is broadly regarded as a philosopher of our time: a freedom fighter and a pioneering anti-colonialist. Oliver Gloag rejects the simplicity of this persistent image. A careful reading of Camus's three major novels - The Stranger, The Plague, and The First Man - reveals a deep-seated attachment to colonialism and the colonial way of life. Forget Camus argues that its subject's contradictions are central to understanding both his work and the meaning behind his enduring popularity. The legacy of the most widely read Frenchman in the world has been co-opted to present a flattering and false version of colonial history and is an obstacle to France coming to terms with its neocolonial present.

Forget Camus is a book about colonial history and a nation's literature that lays bare the ideological contradictions of French society past and present.

About the Author

Oliver Gloag is a writer affiliated with Duke's Institute for Critical Theory. He was born in New York and grew up in France. He has a JD from Tulane University and a Ph.D in romance studies from Duke. His focus is on colonial representations in French literature. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.25 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W)

Weight: .81 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 144

Genre: Philosophy

Sub-Genre: Individual Philosophers

Publisher: Verso

Format: Paperback

Author: Oliver Gloag

Language: English

Street Date: July 28, 2026

TCIN: 1007746366

UPC: 9781836742708

Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-4820

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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