Abstract
Camus was influenced by a diverse collection of foreign authors and philosophies in the 1930s. The mood of nihilism was high. Nietzsche and Dostoevsky had remained significant in thought since the turn of the century. German phenomenology was flowing into France. Sartre was struggling against the shallow rationalism of Cartesian thought. Faulkner, Hemingway, and Dos Passos were translated into French and many guess that their styles and concepts made their way into the philosophy of Camus at this time. These influences and moods helped formulate the philosophies of existentialism and absurd as associated with Sartre and Camus. Due to Camus’ working-class upbringing, he grew up with a suspicion toward idealism and introspection. He was never one to invest in dreaming. He was interested in living life and the struggle for the meaning without the distraction of dreams and fabrications.
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