Kafka and Wittgenstein : The Case for an Analytic Modernism /

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 hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schuman, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Languages & Literatures.
Germanic Literature.
Literature > Philosophy.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why Kafka and Wittgenstein?
  • Logical modernism: Kafka and the Tractatus logico-philosophicus
  • Logic, skepticism, and mysticism
  • The trial and the law of logic
  • The metamorphosis and the limits of metaphorical language
  • "The judgment," ethics, and the ineffable
  • Analytic skepticism : Kafka and the philosophical investigations
  • Wittgenstein's transition and a more analytic Kafka
  • The castle and the paradox of ostensive definition
  • Rule-following and failed execution in "The penal colony"
  • The private language argument and the undermining of "Josefine the singer"
  • Concluding thoughts: the problem with (critical) progress.

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