Creating Albert Camus

Edited by Brent C. Sleasman - Contributions by Ronald C. Arnett; Matthew H. Bowker; Bryan Crable; G. L. Ercolini; Annette M. Holba; Jorge M. Lizarzaburu; Patrick F. O'Connell; Ramsey Eric Ramsey and Jessica N. Sturgess

Creating Albert Camus: Foundations & Explorations in his Philosophy of Communication contributes to the study of the philosophy of communication by solidifying the place of Albert Camus within human communication studies. The major claim within Creating Albert Camus is that Camus serves as a philosopher of communication for the twenty-first century and can contribute to the growing conversation about the philosophy of communication in our contemporary age.

Introduction: Brent C. SleasmanPart One: Foundations in Camus's Philosophy of CommunicationChapter One: Camus and Existential DialogueRonald C. ArnettChapter Two: The Visage of Camus: Existentialism in AmericaGina L. ErcoliniChapter Three: Joke-Work, Melancholy Communion, and Wished-for Misrecognition in Le Malentendu and Camus' Absurd PhilosophyMatthew H. BowkerPart Two: Explorations in Camus's Philosophy of CommunicationChapter Four: Philosophical Lineage: Situating Voices of Self and OtherAnnette M. HolbaChapter Five: Albert Camus' Nietzscheanism and its Implications for an Absurdist Communication FrameworkJorge LizarzaburuChapter Six: Camus, Sartre, and the Rhetorical Function of MythBryan CrableChapter Seven: Speaking Freely: Thinking with Camus and Beauvoir Toward a Philosophy of CommunicationRamsey Eric Ramsey and Jessica N. SturgessChapter Eight: Continuing the Dialogue: Thomas Merton and Albert CamusPatrick F. O'ConnellIndexAbout the Contributors