Beyond the First Man: Following the Unfinished Journey of Albert Camus
Language: English
Published by Lighthouse Academy Press, The, 2025
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
AbeBooks seller since April 6, 2009
Condition: Used - As new
£ 9.82
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Unread book in perfect condition.
Seller Inventory # 52620313
- Title
- Beyond the First Man: Following the Unfinished Journey of Albert Camus
- Author
- Striker, William J.
- Publisher
- Lighthouse Academy Press, The
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798999519238
Beyond The First Man follows the unfinished trajectory of Albert Camus with a clarity rarely attempted. Rather than freezing Camus in the familiar frames of The Myth of Sisyphus or The Rebel, this work turns toward the direction he was unmistakably moving in his final years. Through close attention to The First Man, his notebooks, interviews, and the quiet shift of tone in his late writings, it traces the widening arc of a thinker who was no longer fighting the Absurd but learning to live beside it.
Camus rejected the philosophical systems that sought to claim him, yet nearly every school has tried to fold him in. This book refuses those categories. It follows Camus as he understood himself: not as an existentialist or a theorist, but as an artist whose thought rose from presence, memory, and fidelity to lived experience. It explores the movement from early defiance toward something more elemental—lucidity without aggression, freedom without excuse, refusal without bitterness.
Drawing on classical sources, early commentators, and Camus’ own words, Beyond The First Man examines the contours of his unfinished third cycle: a mode of existence grounded not in ideological resistance but in attention, dignity, and the unadorned life. It asks what Camus was becoming, and why his voice—clear, undeceived, and unbound by system—continues to speak to readers weary of abstraction and performance.
Rather than offering another academic treatment, this work proceeds in the spirit Camus valued: direct, disciplined, and anchored in the world as it is. The result is a companion for readers who have sensed that his journey did not end with revolt, but with a return—toward origins, memory, and the simple presence that The First Man began to reveal.
Measured and incisive, Beyond The First Man is both an invitation and a continuation—an attempt to walk a little further on the path Camus had already begun.
This work was developed through a human–AI collaboration. Draft materials were generated with the assistance of AI tools, after which the author revised, structured, and refined all text to ensure coherence, intent, and literary voice.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
GreatBookPrices
Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 6, 2009
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 8 to 14 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 1.97 | £ 1.97 |
Payment methods
Store description
SuperBookDeals.com is your top source for finding new books at the absolute lowest prices, guaranteed ! We offer big discounts - everyday - on millions of titles in virtually any category, from Architecture to Zoology -- and everything in between. Discover great deals and super-savings, on professional books, text book titles, the newest computer guides, or your favorite fiction authors. You'll find it all - at HUGE SAVINGS - at SuperBookDeals. Browse through our complete online product catalog today. Serving customers around the world for years, we help thousands find just the books they're looking for -- at incredibly low, bargain prices.…
Seller's business information
Expert Trading Limited
9220 Rumsey Road, Suite 101
Columbia, MD U.S.A. 21045
Terms of sale
Company Name: GreatBookPrices
Legal Entity: Expert Trading, LLC
Address: 6310 Stevens Forest, suite 200, Columbia MD 21046
Email address: CustomerService@SuperBookDeals.com
Phone number: 410-964-0026
consumer complaints can be addressed to address above
Registration #: 52-1713923
Authorized representative: Danielle Hainsey
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to GreatBookPrices, Bensenville, Illinois, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Our warehouses across the globe are fully operational without substantial delays. We are working hard and continue to overcome the daily challenges presented by COVID-19. We appreciate your understanding.
Internal processing of your order will take about 1-2 business days. Please allow an additional 4-14 business days for Media Mail delivery. We have multiple ship-from locations - MD,IL,NJ,UK,IN,NV,TN & GA