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Author(s): Arthur Cools, Vivian Liska
ISBN(s): 9783110458114, 311045811X
Edition: 1
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Year: 2016
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 311045811X 
ISBN 13: 9783110458114
Author: Arthur Cools, Vivian Liska

Kafka’s work has been attributed a universal significance and is often regarded as the ultimate witness of the human condition in the twentieth century. Yet his work is also considered paradigmatic for the expression of the singular that cannot be subsumed under any generalization. This paradox engenders questions not only concerning the meaning of the universal as it manifests itself in (and is transformed by) Kafka’s writings but also about the expression of the singular in literary fiction as it challenges the opposition between the universal and the singular. The contributions in this volume approach these questions from a variety of perspectives. They are structured according to the following issues: ambiguity as a tool of deconstructing the pre-established philosophical meanings of the universal; the concept of the law as a major symbol for the universal meaning of Kafka’s writings; the presence of animals in Kafka’s texts; the modernist mode of writing as challenge of philosophical concepts of the universal; and the meaning and relevance of the universal in contemporary Kafka reception. This volume examines central aspects of the interplay between philosophy and literature.

Kafka And The Universal 1st Table of contents:

Part I: The Labyrinth of the Particular

Chapter 1: The Architecture of Bureaucracy

  • 1.1 The Castle’s Infinite Administration
  • 1.2 The Trial’s Unknowable Law
  • 1.3 The System as a Character: Logic Without Reason

Chapter 2: The Logic of Guilt without Cause

  • 2.1 Josef K.’s Implacable Condemnation
  • 2.2 The Individual as an Object of Unseen Forces
  • 2.3 The Psychology of Existential Anxiety

Chapter 3: Transformation and Alienation

  • 3.1 The Human-to-Vermin Metamorphosis
  • 3.2 The Body as a Site of Unfamiliarity and Discomfort
  • 3.3 Estrangement from Self, Family, and Society

Part II: Universal Human Conditions

Chapter 4: The Universal Experience of Powerlessness

  • 4.1 The Individual vs. the Institution
  • 4.2 The Frustration of Unattainable Goals
  • 4.3 The Search for Agency in an Indifferent World

Chapter 5: The Loneliness of Modernity

  • 5.1 The Fragmentation of Community and Connection
  • 5.2 The Solitude of the Modern Subject
  • 5.3 Isolation as a Universal Condition

Chapter 6: The Quest for Meaning and Understanding

  • 6.1 The Human Drive to Interpret the Uninterpretable
  • 6.2 The Problem of Communication
  • 6.3 Hope and Despair in the Face of the Unknowable

Chapter 7: The Family as a Site of Universal Anguish

  • 7.1 The Tyranny of Familial Duty and Expectation
  • 7.2 The Failure of Communication within the Family Unit
  • 7.3 The Paternal Figure in Kafka’s Work

Part III: Kafka in Philosophical Dialogue

Chapter 8: Kafka and Existentialism

  • 8.1 The Influence of Kierkegaard’s Absurdity and Faith
  • 8.2 Connecting to Sartre’s Freedom and Responsibility
  • 8.3 Kafka’s Resonance with Camus’s Myth of Sisyphus

Chapter 9: Kafka and Post-Structuralism

  • 9.1 Foucault’s Power and Disciplinary Institutions
  • 9.2 Derrida’s Law and Deconstruction
  • 9.3 The Narrative as a Deconstructive Act

Chapter 10: Kafka and Theology

  • 10.1 The Silence of God in His Works
  • 10.2 Law, Grace, and the Question of Salvation
  • 10.3 Theological Readings of The Castle and The Trial

Part IV: The Universal Afterlife

Chapter 11: The Kafkaesque in Literature and Film

  • 11.1 His Influence on Absurdist and Existentialist Literature
  • 11.2 Cinematic Interpretations from Welles to Gilliam
  • 11.3 The Legacy in Contemporary Fiction

Chapter 12: The Ubiquity of the Word “Kafkaesque”

  • 12.1 From a Literary Term to a Cultural Adjective
  • 12.2 What the Word Means in Everyday Language
  • 12.3 The Universal Condition the Term Describes

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