The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Camus argues that rebellion and revolution are not the same thing. Using passages from the text and examples from history, compare rebellion and revolution as Camus defines them. How are they actually opposites? Is there any way of reconciling the two?

The Rebel was first published in 1951, only a few years after the end of World War II. What is the relationship between The Rebel and its historical context? How does Camus describe the war? How did the war and its aftermath influence Camus’s ideas about rebellion?

Camus cites famous writers and philosophers—such as the Romantics, the Marquis de Sade, and Nietzsche—in developing his ideas about rebellion, individuality, and freedom. What is the relationship between art and rebellion in The Rebel?