Albert Camus Radio

About Albert Camus Radio

All things related to the French philosopher and author Albert Camus including episodes that are recordings of papers given at the annual meeting of The Albert Camus Society. Here you will learn about the French philosopher, playwright, journalist, and essayist Albert Camus and be able to access the most recent research on his thought from top scholars around the world. Enjoy!

Publisher

Eric Berg, Ph.D.

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Aug 2020

Latest episode

15 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jul 2025

   Simon Lea's Address to The Albert Camus Society 2024 London "Revelation and the Absurd in Camus' First Cycle of Works."

   Here is a fantastic episode by one of the world's leading Camus scholars, Dr. Simon Lea. The entire paper will be available in The Journal of Camus Studies. (https://www.camus-society.com/camus-society-journal/) Below is the abstract of the paper: Albert Camus planned his works in cycles. Each were to contain an essay, a novel and plays. The first cycle wasconcerned with the absurd and the second with rebellion. Camus' life was tragically cut short in a motor accident before he could complete the third cycle. Between the second and third cycles, after the furore resulting from his publication of The Rebel, Camus wrote several texts that are not includedin his cyclical works. This paper is concerned with Camus' first cycle on the absurd and the following texts: The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger, Caligula and The Misunderstanding. In particular, I am interested in the role played by revelation in the communication of the absurd in these works. In this paper, I use the term 'revelation' in reference tomaking known something relating to the human condition via a process that is difficult or even impossible to understand. My argument is that Camus, drawing upon Nietzschean influences, is seeking in his first cycle to induce revelatoryexperiences in his readers in order to communicate ideas concerning the absurd. Please check out The Albert Camus Society (https://www.camus-society.com/).

2. 

   13 Feb 2025

   Dr. Heffernan Address to the Albert Camus Society 2023

   Professor Heffernan of Merrimack College analyzes reader response to Meursault in Camus' *The Stranger*, exploring interpretations of the character within Camus' broader work; this is a lecture.

3. 

   12 Dec 2024

   Dr. Simon Lea Address to the Albert Camus Society 2023 Poland

   Dr. Simon Lea addresses the Albert Camus Society, exploring myth in Camus's works and drawing groundbreaking connections to Nietzsche in this interview.

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• Professor Heffernan
• Dr Simon Lea
• Dr Eric Berg
• Dr Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray
• Peter Francev

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