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asad's avatar

Wonderful writing. I didn't say it at the time, but the absence of local Algerians in the Plague really did irk me, setting up this kind of erasure to champion European colonial governance as a model for rationality etc. While I mildly enjoyed the Stranger on face value for what it was, beyond that my position on Camus is one of indifference

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Allende A.'s avatar

Orientalism is definitely such a crucial read, it was nice to read an analysis on Camus' work from such lense, great essay!

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