Reflective statement. Throughout this oral, the concept of ideology displayed by Camus was portrayed through an impartial and insightful point of view.

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Reflective statement:

How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?

Topic: Camus and ideology

Throughout this oral, the concept of ideology displayed by Camus was portrayed through an impartial and insightful point of view. I easily understood that ideology was identified as a set of ideas that constitute one's goals, expectations, and actions, and for Camus, his ideology developed from his time of birth, his difficult upbringing and his interpretation of the expectations of the society around him. When considering this, the absurd nature of the ideologies that Camus is governed by, seems in some ways peculiar and unusual. Why was he so set in his beliefs in communism and socialism, when society was dominantly proposing a political principle of colonialism and totalitarianism? Wasn’t ideology just a product of socialization? If this is so, then why was the poverty that Camus endured in his childhood any different from the strong poverty throughout France? The worldwide views of these philosophical tendencies are so dissimilar to the concepts formed by Camus that the essence of his morals and values are continuously questioned.

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This is not to say that Camus’s ideology is wrong or immoral, just that the certainty and specific nature of it is somewhat dubious. I think that this statement is reinforced with the mentioning of Camus lack of faith in religion and his concrete belief of justice and what he deems to be equality. Due to Camus “deep-seated attitude against religion”, the question of why he joined the communist party still remains after he expressed his belief that “Communism is nothing if not a religion”. Since he was so opposed to the idea of conforming to a religious practice, the ...

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