Kafka and Wittgenstein : The Case for an Analytic Modernism
Schuman, Rebecca
Kafka and Wittgenstein : The Case for an Analytic Modernism - Evanston, Illinois Northwestern University Press 20151115
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In Kafka and Wittgenstein, Rebecca Schuman undertakes the first ever book-length scholarly examination of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language alongside Franz Kafka’s prose fiction. In groundbreaking readings, she argues that although many readers of Kafka are searching for what his texts mean, in this search we are sorely mistaken. Instead, the problems and illusions we portend to uncover, the important questions we attempt to answer—Is Josef K. guilty? If so, of what? What does Gregor Samsa’s transformed body mean? Is Land-Surveyor K. a real land surveyor?— themselves presuppose a bigger delusion: that such questions can be asked in the first place. Drawing deeply on the entire range of Wittgenstein’s writings, Schuman cannily sheds new light on the enigmatic Kafka.
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English
j.ctv43vszx 9780810131842;9780810131507
10.2307/j.ctv43vszx doi
Literature Kafka Wittgenstein
Kafka and Wittgenstein : The Case for an Analytic Modernism - Evanston, Illinois Northwestern University Press 20151115
Open Access
In Kafka and Wittgenstein, Rebecca Schuman undertakes the first ever book-length scholarly examination of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language alongside Franz Kafka’s prose fiction. In groundbreaking readings, she argues that although many readers of Kafka are searching for what his texts mean, in this search we are sorely mistaken. Instead, the problems and illusions we portend to uncover, the important questions we attempt to answer—Is Josef K. guilty? If so, of what? What does Gregor Samsa’s transformed body mean? Is Land-Surveyor K. a real land surveyor?— themselves presuppose a bigger delusion: that such questions can be asked in the first place. Drawing deeply on the entire range of Wittgenstein’s writings, Schuman cannily sheds new light on the enigmatic Kafka.
Creative Commons
English
j.ctv43vszx 9780810131842;9780810131507
10.2307/j.ctv43vszx doi
Literature Kafka Wittgenstein