{"product_id":"forget-camus-confronting-the-humanist-myth-9781836742708","title":"Forget Camus: Confronting the Humanist Myth","description":"\u003cb\u003ePEELING BACK THE MYTHS OBSCURING FRANCE'S ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlbert 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 - \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger, The Plague, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe First Man\u003c\/i\u003e - reveals a deep-seated attachment to colonialism and the colonial way of life. \u003ci\u003eForget Camus\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eForget Camus \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about colonial history and a nation's literature that lays bare the ideological contradictions of French society past and present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836742708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Oliver Gloag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604486418613,"sku":"9781836742708","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/forget-camus-confronting-the-humanist-myth-9781836742708","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}