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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDOn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThisDayInHistory</a> in 1913 the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/absurdist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#absurdist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existentialist</a> philosopher and novelist <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlbertCamus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlbertCamus</a> was born in Algeria, which was then legally a part of France but was actually a violent settler-colony. His work on rebellion, alienation, & resilience was useful to me growing up.

-0--1-<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Chrishallbeck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Chrishallbeck</a> Being the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Existentialist</a> that I am, I saw the expression on the monster/beast's face as the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerrorOfBeingFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorOfBeingFree</a>

Positively Atheist<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheist</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existentialism</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existentialist</a>

Of Bookish ThingsThe Outsider by Albert Camus 1942 (Translation by <a href="https://c.im/tags/StuartGilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StuartGilbert</a> 1946) Penguin Books 1976 edition.The Stranger (French: L'Étranger ), also published in English as The Outsider, is a #1942 <a href="https://c.im/tags/novella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novella</a> written by <a href="https://c.im/tags/FrenchAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrenchAuthor</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlbertCamus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlbertCamus</a>. The first of Camus' <a href="https://c.im/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novels</a> published in his lifetime, the story follows Meursault, an *Indifferent* settler in <a href="https://c.im/tags/FrenchAlgeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrenchAlgeria</a>. It is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstPerson</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narrative</a>.Once again, it took me awhile to complete this book: my executive function was fritzed. 😂 One of the reasons I decided to try the <a href="https://c.im/tags/PicturePromptBingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PicturePromptBingo</a> card, was because it was a prompt not a challenge, and it was very open to interpretation of choices.This "well known" <a href="https://c.im/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20thCentury</a> classic is problematic. It is a translation, and there is an element of interpretation of word choice. There are critical differences in translation of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a>'s opening sentence, and in a number of sentences in the final section of the narrative, This includes the final lines of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a>.The treatment and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/DepictionOfWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DepictionOfWomen</a>, together with that of the native Arabic population, reflects the cultural attitudes of the setting. What must be kept in mind is that this is presented through the lens of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protagonist</a>'s First Person Narration. Everything hinges on how the reader views and relates to Meursault.In this particular case, the reader is a 69-year-old man, with a background in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a>, whose career was that of a <a href="https://c.im/tags/SecondarySchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SecondarySchool</a> Teacher ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/DevelopmentalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DevelopmentalLiteracy</a>, & <a href="https://c.im/tags/SpecialEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialEducation</a>). While my background in philosophy and literature has some does shape my view, more important is my years as a Special Education teacher. First let's consider Meursault, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/narrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narrator</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protagonist</a>Meursault is seen as *indifferent*. He tends to speak bluntly, in a matter-of-fact manner. Others see his behaviour and manner of speech as offensive/insensitive. His intelligence combined with his speech & behaviour appears to others as smug uncaring attitude. He observes himself in a detached way, analyzing/interpreting his own actions/motivation, the same way he does of others. Even his romantic-physical relationships play-out in a methodical step-by-step sequence. Meursault has no regrets, as he evaluates his actions in terms of the present moment.Various interpretations have looked at Meursault & his story as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Absurdist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Absurdist</a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Existentialist</a>. Themes of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alienation</a> from self and society have been brought up in critical reviews. Other's looked at the mother-son relationship, while still others considered critiques of law, morality, and colonialism. In my view, Meursault shows some signs of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neurodivergent</a> characteristics. Does this make this a novel about Autism and <a href="https://c.im/tags/AspergersSymdrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AspergersSymdrome</a>? No.Camus was unaware of Autism as a condition, but he had a friend, <a href="https://c.im/tags/PierreGalindo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PierreGalindo</a>, on whom, in part, he based Meursault. Camus, however, did not see the characteristics in terms of communication processing, but rather as a template for his own philosophy & views. This why there is an inconsistency in the protagonist's thoughts and actions. Meursault seems off to both the reader and the other characters. Camus used his friend as a template, but Meursault is a figure through which the writer can express his views. This is why the final segment of the story, where Meursault confronts the priest, seems such an explosive change in character. At this point Camus is fighting with the orthodoxy of belief, with which he is vehemently opposed.This work is flawed & problematic, in part, because Camus has built a protagonist based on neurodivergent characteristics that he did not fully understand. If the reader can appreciate this background, the weaknesses in the work are less disconcerting. <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookReview</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Book</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookCover</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookArt</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoverArt</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Portrait</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RDuchamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RDuchamp</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/JacquesVillon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JacquesVillon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Art</a>

Ralph Brooker<a href="https://indieweb.social/@mariapopova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mariapopova</a> Superb masterpiece from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nussbaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nussbaum</a>. It’s interesting that, on the one hand, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sartre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sartre</a> is one of the those anti-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stoical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stoical</a> philosophers who saw <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emotions</a> as detached from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reason</a> & therefore akin to, eg, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hysteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hysteria</a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rage</a>, whilst on the other hand, now with his <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existentialist</a> hat on, Sartre’s classic work on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeanGenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeanGenet</a> sits more comfortably with what we might call Nussbaum’s ‘neo-stoicism’ (she may have called it that herself). Outstanding thinker working on the coalfront

Joshua JohnsonMy 1st <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> was pretty weak. Let's give this another shot.I'm a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/husband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#husband</a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/father" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#father</a> first. I'm a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TattooArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TattooArtist</a> and digital/traditional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> with an obsession with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> and learning.I love <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> - Especially <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pathfinder</a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pathfinder2E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pathfinder2E</a> -- and I'm currently <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LFG</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Egalitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Egalitarian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Existentialist</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Creativity</a> is the lens I use to look at the world -- because it is infinitely more powerful than destruction. Make better things -- and stop breaking stuff.

Colin-Roy Hunter<a href="https://mastodon.social/@kevmarmol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kevmarmol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humanism</a>, rather like <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Existentialism</a>, is not necessarily atheïstic. One does encounter <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Humanists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humanists</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Humanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humanist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christians</a> just as one may find Christian Z <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Existentialist</a> s.

Hopeful Humanizer<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>: lifelong <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Detroiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Detroiter</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChristianHumanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristianHumanist</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Existentialist</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EpistemologicalForager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EpistemologicalForager</a> (i.e, I’m still trying to figure it all out), retired <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Engineer</a> always trying (“to fix what is broken” -Hemmer, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrek</a>), avid <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cyclist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyclist</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GrassRootsPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrassRootsPolitics</a>

Matt StineSo... <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a>. I'm a Staff+ <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Software</a>-Engineer at a "big ass bank." I grew up in the U.S. "deep south," but consider myself a citizen of the world (nation-states kinda suck). You're as likely to find me reading a book on any of the following:- <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existentialist</a>-philosophy - <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quantum</a>-mechanics - <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#the</a>-historical-jesus - <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rock</a>-star-memoirs - <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/southern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#southern</a>-author-fictionI don't fit into boxes, and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dualistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dualistic</a>-thinking drives me nuts. I'll write some stuff here. Let me know what ya think.

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