Research Friedrich Hayek The Road to Serfdom. Apply his theories to The Stranger. Hayek’s political social commentary is probably, you might find, the exact opposite to Albert Camus’.
Apply his criticism to Camus and Kafka.
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Friedrich Hayek believed that if there is a well organized system everything goes well. He believed that failing to have this system would lead to the state having to much power and thus would be in power of the individuals economy, and in this case of personal freedom. Camus thinks that the own person should be responsible of their own lives; and this is what he tries to express through Meursault. When Meursault kills the Arab Camus wanted the reader to see that the "system" has no control of what people do, so they should not have power over humans. Both Camus and Hayek both show how tyranny can destroy systems; but Hayek meant literay. Camus showed it when the priest could not get Meursault to seek christianity; when Meursault did not accept this truth the priest was angry. This shows that the priest thought that he had enough power to convert Meursault. This is how they both contrast.
Friedrich Hayek talks about the central planning being an inefficient process by nature in The Road to Serfdom. This book has been seen as an impeachable book, because of the way it talks about political philosophy, economics, intellectual and cultural history. In this book, Hayek basically says that if there is no control in economics, the country will fall.
Albert Camus wants to have disorder; this is seen through Meursault, because Meursault never knows what he wants. Camus’s disorder is more realistic, because people do not think in a way that is perfect to everyone. There is always going to be someone out there that thinks the opposite to what one person is doing.
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