PHL 366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Rebel Rebel, Albert Camus, Existentialism
4 Dec 2018
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Rebel - someone who rises in opposition. A slave who has taken orders all his life suddenly decides he cannot obey a new command. By saying no , he affirms the existence of a borderline. The other person is exerting his authority beyond a limit where he begins to infringe on the rights of others. Movement of rebellion is founded simultaneously on: Categorical rejection of an intrusion that is considered intolerable. Rebel slave says yes and no at the same time. Also suspects (and wish to perverse) the existence of certain things on this side of the borderline. Confronts an order of things which oppresses him with the insistence on a kind of right not to be oppressed beyond the limit he can tolerate. Rebel experiences a feeling of revulsion at the infringement of his rights and a complete loyalty to certain aspects of himself.
