Kafka's the Trial

Philosophical Perspectives
Herausgeber: Hammer, Espen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Trial by Franz Kafka stands both as one of the most emblematic and fiercely debated novels of the 20th Century. This collection brings Kafka experts together in order to explore the novel's particularly philosophical significance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 137mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780190461447
• ISBN-10: 0190461446
• Artikelnr.: 49781838

Autorenporträt

Espen Hammer is a Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, Philadelphia. A former Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Frankfurt, he has held professorships at the University of Essex (UK) and the University of Oslo, Norway, and been a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the New School for Social Research. He is the author of numerous books and articles.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction Espen Hammer
* 1. Kafka's Inverse Theology Peter E. Gordon
* 2. Before the Law Fred Rush
* 3. On the Ethical Character of Literature John Gibson
* 4. A Disease of All Signification: Kafka's The Trial Between Adorno
and Agamben Gerhard Richter
* 5. Unfettering the Future: Estrangement and Ambiguity in The Trial,
Iain Macdonald
* 6. The Trouble with Time: Kafka's Der Proceß, Anne Fuchs
* 7. Judges, Heathscapes, and Hazardous Quarries: Kafka and the
Repetitive Image-Series Howard Caygill
* 8. Kafka's Modernism: Intelligibility and Voice in The Trial, Espen
Hammer
* 9. Displacements on a Pathless Terrain: On Reading Kafka's Der
Proceß, Elizabeth S. Goodstein