Philosophy:Réflexions sur la peine capitale

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Réflexions sur la peine capitale
AuthorAlbert Camus and Arthur Koestler
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherCalmann-Lévy
Publication date
1957
Pages245

Réflexions sur la peine capitale is an essay on death penalty dating before its abolition in France, co-signed by two writers Albert Camus and Arthur Kœstler. It is an examination of human condition from the existentialism perspective. [1]

Contents

The book composed of three parts:

  • "Réflexions sur la potence" by Arthur Koestler, translated from the English "Reflections on Hanging"
  • "Réflexions sur la guillotine" by Albert Camus
  • "La Peine de mort en France", an introduction by Jean Bloch-Michel

References

  1. ↑ La Peine Capitale Encore en Question: Une Perspective Existentialiste [1][ Questioning Death Penalty Again: An Existentialist Perspective ] Pascal Ally Hussein Department of English and African Culture, Institut Supérieur Pédagogique of Bukavu, P.O. Box 854, Bukavu, D.R. Congo





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