Conclusion: Modesty as a Camusian Lesson for the Twenty-First Century

This chapter, the conclusion, demonstrates how this often-overlooked lesson of Camus, as explored over the previous seven chapters, is highly relevant today. It provides a critical perspective on the current situation characterised by arrogance, narcissism, fragility, fear, obsession with identity defence, escalating war scenarios, geopolitical tensions, and the atomic threat.