The Probe Of The Camus' New Humanism Philosophy

Albert Camus(1913~1960) is a famous French philosopher and litterateur. Because of his distinguished contributions, he was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature. Therefore, Camus was looked upon as a distinguished literature rather than a philosopher. However, his is a typical misunderstanding of Camus' philoso.phy thoughts. Camus used the phenomenological method in creative write directly. He exhibited the phenomenological principle of "zu den Sachen selbst"(German) in the manner of linguistic expression of literature. Although Camus is not the representative character of the continental phenomenological movement, he put its principles into practice in another field. This is why his new humanistic philosophy and the thoughts of "absurdity", "revolt" and "freedom" have been neglected in the philosophical circle. In order to throw light on them, the author would offer the readers some kindof phenomenological understanding of Camus' thoughts on "revolt" and "freedom" inhis own texts. Our tasks would include: Firstly, we would represent how Camus focused on the principles of"Anschauung"(German) , "Epoche"(German) and "zu den Sachen selbst"(German) inthe form of literature in order to show the limitation of the ordinary philosophicalvocabulary;Secondly, we would represent how continental phenomenology infulenced Camus'new humanistic philosophy;Finally, we would show how Camus employed the phenomenological viewsto express the meanings of the "revolt".In a word, we would like to say that Camus' new humanistic philosophy doesexceed the traditional philosophy. It not only richens our new thought the question "what is the philosopher?" ,but is also profitable for our understandings of theFrench philosophy, Existentialism and the Marxist views on practice.