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Agamben's joyful Kafka : finding freedom beyond subordination /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 164 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441110121 1441110127 9781441172495 1441172491 9781628926736 1628926732 9781441104892 1441104895 9781628921328 1628921323 1283848597 9781283848596 |