{"id":112455,"date":"2020-04-14T12:54:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=112455"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:54","slug":"podcast-what-camus-the-plague-can-teach-us-about-corona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/04\/14\/podcast-what-camus-the-plague-can-teach-us-about-corona\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: what Camus\u2019 The plague can teach us about corona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The plague <\/em>is suddenly back in the bestseller lists 73 years after its appearance. Professor of Philosophy Ruud Welten made a podcast for Studium Generale about the masterpiece of the French writer Alber Camus.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>The plague<\/em>, the Algerian coastal city of Oran is gripped by a deadly disease. Victims die quickly and horribly and the city goes into quarantine. Camus describes how people respond to the disease and the closure of the outside world.<\/p>\n<p><em>The plague<\/em> is reread all over the world 73 years after its publication. Why is this book a must-read right now? Which patterns from <em>The plague<\/em> can be found in the corona crisis? And what should you pay attention especially to enjoy the novel? Ruud Welten, professor at the Erasmus School of Philosophy, gives a literary-philosophical introduction to the existentialism of Camus and his book from 1947.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<div data-component=\"oembed\" class=\"relative max-w-5xl\" data-module=\"oembed\" data-source=\"consent_embed_spotify\" data-type=\"audio\" data-cookiebot=\"\" data-disable-notice=\"\">\n\t\t<a\n\t\thref=\"#embed-skip-6a3dacdf36da4\"\n\t\tdata-component=\"skip-link\"\n\t\tclass=\"text-lg underline sr-only focus:not-sr-only focus:absolute focus:p-4 focus:z-50 bg-white hover:no-underline border-neutral-800 text-neutral-800\"\n\t>\n\t\tIngesloten inhoud van Spotify overslaan\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div data-oembed=\"content\">\n\t\t<div data-oembed=\"placeholder\" class=\"p-8 text-center bg-sand-300 theme-violet:bg-white theme-sand:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"max-w-lg mx-auto mb-7\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/25\/nieuwe-cao-universiteiten-lonen-met-31-procent-omhoog-en-zwangere-medewerkers-beter-beschermd\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tNew collective labour agreement for universities: salaries up by 3.1 per cent and better protection for pregnant staff\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-06-25\">25 June 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] 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href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/25\/nieuwe-cao-universiteiten-lonen-met-31-procent-omhoog-en-zwangere-medewerkers-beter-beschermd\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tNew collective labour agreement for universities: salaries up by 3.1 per cent and better protection for pregnant staff\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-06-25\">25 June 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] 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