Committed Writings

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This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. Letters to a German Fri end, written and published underground during the Nazi occupation of France, was born out of Camus' experience in the Resistance and explores what it truly means to love your country. Reflections on the Guillotine, his impassioned polemic against the death penalty, became a touchstone for the movement to abolish capital punishment, while in his Nobel speeches Camus argues that the artist must engage with dangerous times.Together these powerful pieces express Camus' mistrust of rigid ideologies, and his commitment to human solidarity. Format: Paperback Published: UK, 2020Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 160 Language: English ISBN 13: 9780241400401 ISBN 10: 0241400406 Show more