The Rebel, Camus ahead of its time

The Rebel beginning, I had no other prejudices than those induced by the title, but it was enough for a mistake. Indeed, this title foreshadowed a guide of rebellion or a red book of indignant salon. Admit that it's pretty cool to have a book in his library where it is written on the wafer 'Man revolted'! Fortunately, I did not let me go! Far from being trivial, the rebels Rebel examines every angle including the most vicious. The reflection of Camus deals with moral philosophy, but it has mostly political significance. And sixty years after its release, this test has not lost its polemical power: Remarkable! When the literary community was preparing his 68, Camus still had twenty years in advance.

One searches in vain for a simple apology of rebellion in this book. Reflection also examines the negative consequences: blindness, isolation, headlong, bitter disappointments'

Certainly, the form is sometimes unnecessarily erudite and profusion of literary references does not help the pedagogy of the thesis. Dostoyevsky, Sade, Nietzsche, Augustine, Nechayev are abundantly glossed. In addition, the method suffers from age and many inventions are derived from texts studies. The approach is too sharp to be 'realistic' (Camus talks a lot of murder as if it were a commonplace, as if the words were long knives). But if we manage to disregard this learned fog, reflection Camus is quite fascinating. In this world where the rebels have an easy life, it is interesting to compare the rebellion in its true face throughout history and in art.

The message is: 'The rebellion is good, but the rebels Verily they know what they want?'