Albert Camus the Algerian: Colonialism, Terrorism, Justice

David Carroll

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Paper, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14087-4
$24.00 / £16.50

April, 2007
Cloth, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14086-7
$75.00 / £52.00

"Carroll's outstanding study is both a scholarly and an engaging reading of this appealing French-Algerian thinker." — Library Journal

"[A] timely study of Camus’ writings." — Lewis Jones, Financial Times Weekend Magazine

"[Carroll’s] re-reading of Camus is not only insightful and provocative, but also reminds us of the enduring relevance of Camus’s voice." — Susan Tarrow, Modern & Contemporary France

"An exceptional book." — Ralph Schoolcraft III, South Central Review

"Carroll’s study will surely become the definitive work on Camus for years to come. " — Janice Gross , French Review

"Albert Camus The Algerian is a timely, important, and fascinating landmark in Camus studies. David Carroll has engaged very closely not only with Camus' work and its critical reception but also with a vast body of scholarship that enriches and carefully contextualizes Carroll's discussions. The book is a highly original work of scholarship, a must not only for Camus scholars but also for specialists in modern French literature and culture. Given the clarity and precision of its style, its accessibility, and its discussion of important and very topical issues, Carroll's book should be readily accessible to a much wider audience as well." — Richard J. Golsan, Texas A&M University

"David Carroll's study on Camus demonstrates remarkable sensitivity to the writer's intellectual struggles. It will be the landmark study on Camus for many years to come." — Lawrence D. Kritzman, Rosenwald Research Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth University

Related Subjects

• European and British Literature
• Literary Criticism and Theory
• Middle Eastern Literature
• Politics and Political Theory

About the Author

David Carroll is professor of French and past director of the Critical Theory Institute, former chair of the Department of French and Italian, and past director of the European Studies Program at the University of California, Irvine. His books include French Literary Fascism: Nationalism, Anti-Semitism, and the Ideology of Culture ; Paraesthetics: Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida ; and The Subject in Question: The Languages of Theory and the Strategies of Fiction . He is also the editor of a collection of essays entitled The States of "Theory" and is currently working on a book entitled Crises in French Identity: From the Dreyfus Affair to the Present .

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