''Neither Victims nor Executioners'' () was a series of essays by Albert Camus that were serialized in ''

Combat Combat (French language, French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent Conflict (process), conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed (Hand-to-hand combat, not usin ...

'', Ronald Aronson,''Camus and Sartre''. University of Chicago Press, 2004. , (p.89). the daily newspaper of the

French Resistance The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vic ...

, in November 1946. In the essays he discusses violence and murder and the impact these have on those who perpetrate, suffer, or observe. ''Neither Victims nor Executioners'' is split into eight sections: * The Century of Fear * Saving Lives * The Contradictions of Socialism * The Betrayed Revolution * International Democracy and Dictatorship * The World is Changing Fast * A New Social Contract * Toward Dialogue The essays were translated into English by Dwight Macdonald and published in the July–August 1947 issue of ''politics''. This version is available via England's pacifist Peace Pledge Union. It appeared in separate book form in 1960 with an introduction by Waldo Frank. The essay was also reprinted in the book ''Between Hell and Reason: Essays from the Resistance Newspaper "Combat"''.Albert Camus, Alexandre de Gramont ''Between Hell and Reason: Essays from the Resistance Newspaper Combat, 1944–1947'' Wesleyan University Press, 1991 .

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1946 essays Essays by Albert Camus Works originally published in French newspapers Works about the French Resistance French resistance publications {{philo-essay-stub