Człowieczeństwo zbuntowane i granice nihilizmu jednostka i wspólnota w refleksji Alberta Camusa

The main aim of the text is the presentation of Albert Camus’ concept of rebellion. The French thinker’s theory of rebellion is not so simple as it appears at first sight. His language is full of metaphors and ambiguities; it has rather literary form than philosophical structure. That’s why Camus’ texts are not easy to interpret, especially his Rebellious Man. The article shows that a fundamental enemy of a human rebellion (that is of man who disagrees with pain and injustice in the world) is the idea of history, especially as it is seen by Hegel and hegelians. Hegel’s concept of history grasps human beings as subordinated or dominated by historical processes, and that way history deprives man of freedom. In opposition to that, for Camus the most importance values are freedom of existence and human solidarity; whereby men are able to create true community.