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 ⓘ
Les Justes → titleTranslation → The Just Assassins ⓘ