Albert Camus as Philosopher and Political Thinker: The Radicality of Modesty

This book explores the role of modesty in the thought of Albert Camus.

Camusian modesty – modestie – affirms, against nihilism and absolutism, the necessity of taking care and putting passion into the relativity of human creation and recreation. The book shows how this care and passion spring from the necessity of a continually renewed tension between the self and the limits which transcend the self. From this standpoint, modesty is not a form of moderation; it goes to the root of human cond...