The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679733843)

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution that resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times.

For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established orders throughout history. And yet, with an eye toward the French Revolution and its regicides and deicides, he shows how inevitably the course of revolution leads to tyranny.

Translated from the French by Anthony Bower.

Author: Albert Camus
ISBN-10: 0679733841
ISBN-13: 9780679733843
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1992
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 10/08/2007 pg. 14