The Just Assassins

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The Just Assassins is a 1949 play by Albert Camus that dramatizes the moral and political dilemmas of Russian revolutionaries debating the ethics of political violence.

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instanceOf play
theatrical work
author Albert Camus
basedOn activities of Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party terrorists
countryOfOrigin France
creator Albert Camus
dramaticForm five-act play
explores conflict between ends and means
limits of justified violence
tension between justice and murder
firstPerformanceYear 1949
focusesOn Russian revolutionaries
debates over the ethics of political violence
genre philosophical drama
political drama
tragedy
hasCharacterType idealistic intellectual
revolutionary
terrorist
hasForm drama
hasSubject Russian revolutionary movement
moral philosophy
political assassination
revolutionary ethics
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Les Justes
literaryMovement 20th-century French literature
medium stage
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Les Justes
partOf Albert Camus's political works
Albert Camus's theatrical works
philosophicalContext absurdism
existentialism
publicationYear 1949
settingLocation Russia
settingPeriod early 20th century
theme ethics of assassination
guilt
justice
moral responsibility
political violence
revolution
sacrifice
terrorism
writer Albert Camus

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Albert Camus notableWork The Just Assassins