Reflections on the Guillotine
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Reflections on the Guillotine by Albert Camus
'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out' Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' of capital punishment remains one of the most powerful, persuasive arguments ever made against the death penalty. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man, appeared posthumously.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241475225 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241475228 |
| Title | Reflections on the Guillotine |
| Author | Albert Camus |
| Series | Penguin Great Ideas |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-09-24 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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