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Possibilities for Humanism in a Contemporary Setting: Camus' Absurd Humanism
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Fiedler, Randy M.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1165600212
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Year and Degree
2006, Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, College of Arts and Sciences - Philosophy.
Abstract
Reading Don DeLillo and Dave Eggers one feels the strong impression that nothing matters. Using White Noise and You Shall Know Our Velocity as starting points I examine where this impression comes from and what it implies. Next I explore the question of whether life could be worth living in such a situation and what a worthwhile life would look like using Camus' works The Myth of Sisyphus and The Stranger. Finally I examine The Rebel and The Plague to determine whether humanism is still possible given the picture painted in the above works. Ultimately I conclude that it is still possible to care about the suffering of others.
Committee
Elaine Miller (Advisor)
Pages
53 p.
Keywords
Camus
;
DeLillo
;
Eggers
;
absurdity
;
absurd
;
revolt
;
rebellion
;
The Myth of Sisyphus
;
The Stranger
;
The Rebel
;
The Plague
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Fiedler, R. M. (2006).
Possibilities for Humanism in a Contemporary Setting: Camus' Absurd Humanism
[Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1165600212
APA Style (7th edition)
Fiedler, Randy.
Possibilities for Humanism in a Contemporary Setting: Camus' Absurd Humanism.
2006. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1165600212.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Fiedler, Randy. "Possibilities for Humanism in a Contemporary Setting: Camus' Absurd Humanism." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1165600212
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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