Albert Camus, a Reader of José Ortega y Gasset. On “The Future of European Civilization”

Authors

  • Marc Firoud École Nationale d'Administration, ENA (Francia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.462

Keywords:

José Ortega y Gasset, Albert Camus, La rebelión de las masas, political thought, Europe, european civilization, history of intellectuals

Abstract

When analyzing Carnets’s remark of November 27th 1954, we can notice that Albert Camus has read La rebelión de las masas. Actually on April 28th 1955, during a colloquium about “The Future of European civilization”, the French writer underlines as an essential point of his reflexion that “European civilization is first a pluralist civilization”. Then he adds: “this pluralism that has always been at the foundations of the European liberty notion appears to me as the most important contribution to our civilization”. This musing is a direct reference to Ortega. The following article tries to expose this convergence of thought between both authors that is rarely mentioned.

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Author Biography

Marc Firoud, École Nationale d'Administration, ENA (Francia)

Student at the French National School of Administration (ENA) and graduate of the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence (France). His research focuses on political thought, the concept of Europe, and the history of ideas.

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Published

2011-11-01 — Updated on 2011-11-01

How to Cite

Firoud, M. (2011). Albert Camus, a Reader of José Ortega y Gasset. On “The Future of European Civilization”. Revista De Estudios Orteguianos (Journal of Orteguian Studies), (23), 63–82. https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.462

Issue

No. 23 (2011)

Section

Articles