Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction: Meeting Absurdity: Albert Camus
and the Communication Ethics
of the Everyday

1

Chapter 1: The Fall: A Communicative
Risk in an Age of Absurdity

17

Chapter 2: Embedded Rebellion:
An Ethical Response in an Age of Absurdity

37

Chapter 3: Dialogue: Ethical Engagement
in an Age of Absurdity

75

Chapter 4: The Public Sphere: Navigating
Opposing Agendas in an Age of Absurdity

113

Chapter 5: Responsibility in an Age of Absurdity

135

Conclusion: Hope in the Midst of Absurdity

159

References

167

Index

179