Albert Camus’ reading of Søren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling

Abel, Johannes (2018): Albert Camus’ reading of Søren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling. In: Journal of Camus Studies: pp. 7-20

Abstract

The paper argues that a comparison of the normative concepts of a good life in Camus and Kierkegaard should be first and foremost a structural comparison, as Camus' interpretation of Fear and Trembling as both a discovery of what Camus himself calls the absurd and as an inconsequent transition from the absurd to the religious disregards the Christian paradigm the work of Kierkegaard is embedded in.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Keywords: Camus; Kierkegaard; Existentialism; Ethics; Myth of Sisyphos
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy
• Language: English