https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/jean_baptiste_clamence/ Recent content in Jean_baptiste_clamence on George's Blog Hugo en-US Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/essays/the-fall/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:32:36 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/essays/the-fall/ Long-form essay on Camus’s The Fall—the same piece as under Reviews, listed here as an essay. https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-fall/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:32:36 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-fall/ <p>Also available as a <a href="https://blog.georgefabish.com/essays/the-fall/">long essay</a>.</p> <p><strong>The Fall- An Account of Modernity by John the Baptist</strong></p> <p>There is always a space between the thoughts in a writer’s head and those that the reader is receptive to, yet when it came to The Fall, I found that space to be incredibly small. Camus boils down modernity to one thing: “judgement”. This unique framework for viewing our image of self and relation to others illuminates what otherwise would appear to be simple self-aggrandizement with a desperate attempt to avoid the Last Judgement.</p>