Albert Camus is not to be read, he is to be lived. In a world where the Human can feel redundant, a mere subject, Matthew Sharpe reminds us that someone saw it all and he has a way out. Camus is not for our time, he is for all times. * Professor Stan Grant, Journalist and Chair of Australian-Indigenous Belonging at Charles Sturt University, Australia * In our increasingly insane world, we desperately need voices of sanity. This timely study offers two such voices: that of its author, Matthew Sharpe, a philosopher of exemplary thoughtfulness and decency; and that of its subject, Albert Camus, a major novelist and playwright, essayist, and political theorist who has been overshadowed in the philosophical world of the last half-century by less moderate minds. Sharpe has done us a huge service in reminding us why Camus was once important, and sketching how, hopefully, he can be important again. * Ronald Beiner, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada * Why Camus Matters is a work of vital import. More than merely demonstrating the applicability of Camus today, in a world run mad with the resurgence of the authoritarian and nihilistic forces of the Early-Mid Twentieth Century, it provides roadmap for practices of humane lucidity and responsibility to others. Sharpe illuminates Camus as a model of humane rebellion and care, that asks us to uphold our values under the strain of hard times, while recognizing and even valuing are all too human limitations that makes this work precarious. * Eli Kramer, Associate Professor, University of Wroclaw, Poland *
