ABSTRACT

For Albert Camus, justice was an essential part of living. In a basic sense, Camus was a righteous man both in his life and in his work. In reality, Camus’ critique of the thermodynamics of violence is directly related to his analysis of the modern state’s lack of potential for justice. In that case, if the main problem is the state and not the individual, then the society has to defend itself against the state. Undoubtedly, Camus is in search of a moral leap in order to define his affirmative resistance against the logic of murder in the institution of the guillotine. We can find here in Camus’ work the affirmation of an act of resistance which can no longer be separated from the alliance of death and freedom.