The Rebel

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The Rebel is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus that explores the nature of rebellion and revolution and their implications for human freedom and morality.

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instanceOf non-fiction book
philosophical essay
addresses art and rebellion
historical rebellion
limits of political violence
metaphysical rebellion
revolutionary ideologies
author Albert Camus
centralThesis true rebellion affirms human dignity and rejects murder
countryOfOrigin France
criticizes Marxism–Leninism
surface form: Marxism-Leninism

fascism
nihilism
terrorism
totalitarianism
followsWork The Myth of Sisyphus
genre existentialist literature
philosophy
political philosophy
hasEnglishTranslation Yes
influenced 20th-century political philosophy
debates on violence and revolution
influencedBy French Revolution
Friedrich Nietzsche
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hegelian philosophy
Karl Marx
languageOfFirstPublication French
mainSubject freedom
historical revolt
metaphysical revolt
morality
rebellion
revolution
notableReception controversial among French left-wing intellectuals
originalLanguage French
originalTitle L’Homme révolté
partOf Albert Camus’s philosophical cycle on the absurd and revolt
philosophicalTradition absurdism
existentialism
humanism
publicationYear 1951
publisher Gallimard
relatedWork The Plague
The Stranger
structure introduction and five main parts
supportsConcept limits in revolt
measured rebellion
solidarity

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Albert Camus notableWork The Rebel
The Fall workAfter The Rebel
the absurd describedIn The Rebel