Preliminary Material / Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża -- Copyright Page / Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża -- Notes on Contributors / Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża -- Introduction / Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża -- Chapter 1 Sickness, Heartache, Punishment, and War: Lessons on the Absurd, or Birth of an Ethic / Meaghan Emery -- Chapter 2 The Myth of Sisyphus , the Absurd, and the Question of Empathy / Peter Francev -- Chapter 3 Benjamin Fondane and Albert Camus: Reason and the Absurd / Bruce Baugh -- Chapter 4 Revolt, Absurdity, and the Artist as Sisyphus / Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray -- Chapter 5 The Metaphorical Language of the Absurd / Sophie Bastien -- Chapter 6 Why Did the Stranger Kill the Arab? A Camusian Study in the Absurdity of Moral Motivation / George Heffernan -- Chapter 7 The Blood That Trickles from the Gospels Is the Color of Printers’ Ink: The Relationship between Religious Texts and the Absurd / Eric B. Berg -- Chapter 8 Unlikely Heroism: Sisyphus, Camus, and the Absurd Posture / Matthew Bowker -- Chapter 9 Explanation and the Unreasonable Silence of the World / Craig DeLancey -- Chapter 10 Sisyphus in Hell: The Absurd Thought against (New) Fascism / Samantha Novello -- Bibliography / Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża -- Index / Peter Francev, Maciej Kałuża.

This collection of essays from some of the world's leading Camus scholars is a celebration of the enduring significance and impact of Albert Camus's first philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus . Coming Back to the Absurd examines Camus's unique contribution to philosophy through The Myth since its publication. The essays within are intended to engage students and scholars of existentialism, phenomenology and the history of philosophy, as well as those simply seeking greater understanding of one of the most influential philosophers and philosophical constructs of the twentieth century. In revisiting The Myth , the authors hope to inspire a new generation of Camus scholars.

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