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Did Camus invent absurdism?



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Sun Aug 27, 2017 6:04 am
Redbox275 says...



I read that Camus is the guy behind absurdism. Is he the one who invented this philosophy. I'm trying to mainly figure out his contribuation to French and other country's literature. Would you also say he is directly and indirectly behind other absurdism works after him?

How else did Albert Camus and his novel, The Stranger, impact literature?
  





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Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:15 am
Kale says...



https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/camus/

Have a comprehensive encyclopedia entry on his contributions to philosophy. Enjoy.
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