Document Type
Senior Award Winner
Award Date
Fall 2011
Course Name
Idea of the Individual
Teacher
Dr. Adam Kotlarczyk
Abstract
Hinduism is a religion in which scientific observations play an important role. Through extensive observation of astronomical phenomena, Hindu cosmologists created a calendar based on the relative positions of planets to the moon. This calendar played an important role understanding the Hindu cycle of the creation and destruction of the universe. This cycle is referred to as the cycle of the Yugas, in which the increasingly vice-ridden world is destroyed and replaced with a morally and religiously pristine one. Camus’ The Plague explores this cycle of human malice and immorality, which is corrected by natural or supernatural forces as an allegory for the Hindu cycle of the Yugas.
Recommended Citation
Jain, Shantanu '12, "The Kali Yuga and Camus’ The Plague" (2011). 2011 Fall Semester. 2.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/fall2011/2