Episode #224 ... Albert Camus - The Stranger

第二二十四集……阿尔贝·加缪——《局外人》

Philosophize This‪!‬

社会与文化

2025-03-16

29 分钟
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Today we talk about the book The Stranger by Albert Camus. We talk about why Camus saw himself as an artist and not a philosopher. We talk about happiness. The absurd and it's full implications. The Mediterranean lifestyle. The sun as a symbol of immanence. Revolt against the absurd as a descriptive claim-- not a normative one. Sponsors: ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Hello everyone.

  • I'm Stephen West.

  • This is Philosophize This.

  • So today we're going to start talking about Albert Camus and how perfectly he fits into this conversation we've been having lately.

  • So when people talk about Camus, a lot of people know about his book The Stranger.

  • I mean, it's one of the most famous books in history.

  • It's expected.

  • But not as many people know about something else that's exciting from him,

  • which is the book he wrote just before he wrote The Stranger.

  • It's a book that he chose to never publish during his lifetime, for reasons we'll see.

  • It was only published after his death by his estate.

  • But nonetheless, if your goal was to understand Camus the best you could,

  • then reading this book in particular is going to be important

  • for knowing how his thinking was evolving during the late 1930s.

  • And this book has context in it that's often missed if you want to understand his full project as a thinker.

  • The book is called A Happy Death, and it's a book that surprisingly,

  • of all things, mostly focuses on the idea of happiness.

  • Now, if you're confused here a little bit, you have good right to be.

  • I mean, why would Camus start right and finish a book about happiness, then choose to never publish it,

  • then to only have his next book be written about a character who seems to care almost nothing about happiness?