A Discussion on Albert Camus’ The Plague (La Peste)

Presented by The Trinity Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (TIIS) and
The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life
Albert Camus’ The Plague describes what happens when the Bubonic Plague strikes the French colonial Algerian city of Oran. Published just after World War II, the novel is at once a careful examination of the impact of an epidemic on a modern urban community and a metaphorical account of the human condition generally.
As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, four Trinity faculty members will discuss the novel from their respective fields of medical anthropology, 20th-century French literature, European philosophy, and Christian theology.
Shane Ewegen, Philosophy
Tamsin Jones, Religious Studies
Sara Kippur, Language and Culture Studies
James Trostle, Anthropology
Chaired by
Mark Silk, Director, Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life

[@plittan]

Thanks for the insights. I just finished the book and this discussion certainly added to my interpretation of the book.

[@jenskat1]

Thank you very much for this wonderful event. I am one of the many who reread The Plague this year and I enjoyed your insights.

[@charlesring9579]

Thank you! Great discussion!

[@trinitycollegect]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@antichrist.superstar]

It seems to me that confinement (physical, emotional, and spiritual) is a central theme of the book and that this is what plague represents for most of the townspeople. I suppose this is a type of suffering, but it wasn’t specifically addressed.

[@jacksonjackson2777]

He was a very cool dude,i would loved to have had a smoke with him

[@aliasjon8320]

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