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French-Algerian writer and 1957 Nobel laureate, Camus fought in the Resistance, broke with Sartre by condemning the Soviet camps in The Rebel and defended a plural Algeria against terrorism on both sides.
Political axes
Albert Camus leans further toward progressive than 85% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where Albert Camus stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, Albert Camus sits close to the catalog median.
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Current that unites socialist goals of equality and social justice with the defense of individual freedoms and democracy, combining strong social protection with pluralism, civil rights, and a mixed economy.
Current that advocates social reforms and the expansion of rights to promote equality and justice, trusting progress, science, and collective action to transform institutions and overcome inequalities.
Movement dedicated to protecting the environment and the sustainable use of resources, advocating policies against pollution and climate change and harmony between human development and ecological balance.
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German-language Jewish writer from Prague, he portrayed in The Trial and The Castle the individual crushed by opaque bureaucracies and arbitrary authority. A workers' insurance official, he sympathized with Czech anarchists and cultural Zionism.
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A constituent country of the United Kingdom, Scotland has its own parliament, a distinct national identity and language, a strong independence movement (2014 referendum), and social-democratic politics further left than England's.
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During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
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