Anastasia Chournazidi

Wittgenstein and Kafka

Ludwig Wittgenstein's Theory of Representation and Language Play in Franz Kafka's Narrative "The Building of the Chinese Wall"

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Produktbeschreibung

The author attempts to conceptualize Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy of language and to present it by analyzing and interpreting Franz Kafka's story "Building the Great Wall of China". The characteristic of language, which according to Wittgenstein consists in the identity of meanings that can be traced back to the intersubjective validity of rules, can be said to be suitable for an analysis of the social relations of the Chinese world in this work, namely according to the logical atomism of image theory as well as according to the pragmatic language game theory of the philosopher. Furthermore, it is discussed to what extent Wittgenstein's repeated emphasis on the connection between language and the form of life can lead to the truth and to the knowledge on both the subjective and social levels. In the form of society narrated by Kafka, the power of language in the form of the imperial command and the mythical legend proves to be an insurmountable and unchangeable dynamic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9786206219453
• ISBN-10: 6206219453
• Artikelnr.: 68389730

Autorenporträt

Anastasia Chournazidi, Dr. Phil.: Lecturer in the Department of Language Practice and Literary Studies at the Faculty of German Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrias University of Athens. Studied German Language and Literature at the University of Athens. Doctorate in the field of literary studies. Title of the doctoral thesis: "Robert Musil's We".