Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 164 p.).
ISBN:
978-1-4411-1012-1
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1-4411-1012-7
,
978-1-6289-2673-6
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978-1-4411-7249-5
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978-1-4411-0489-2
,
1-4411-7249-1
Note:
7 Strategies in Response to LanguageIntroduction; Time as chronological compulsion; Kafka's art: Perfect nihilism as the ground of our existence; A free life in the shadow of the Great Wall of China; The mighty paw of transmissibility; Odradek's Nachleben; The closed fist in the city coat of arms; 8 Strategies in Response to Time (1); Introduction; The lightness of the bucket rider; The Messiah who comes the day after his arrival; 9 Strategies in Response to Time (2); Law; Life; Power; Language; Time; Finding freedom beyond subordination; Conclusion: Finding Freedom Beyond Subordination. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-160) and index. - Both Giorgio Agamben and Franz Kafka are best known for their gloomy political worldview. A cautious study of Agamben?s references on Kafka, however, reveals another dimension right at the intersection of their works: a complex and unorthodox theory of freedom. The inspiration emerges from Agamben?s claims that ?it is a very poor reading of Kafka?s works that sees in them only a summation of the anguish of a guilty man before the inscrutable power?. Virtually all of Kafka?s stories leave us puzzled about what really happened. Was Josef K., who is butchered like a dog, defeated? And what about
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardback ISBN 978-1-4411-0489-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
1883-1924 Kafka, Franz
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Rezeption
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1942- Agamben, Giorgio
DOI:
10.5040/9781628926736
