LEADER 04745nam 2200661 450 001 9910309742503321 005 20200917021826.0 010 $a3-11-045743-1 010 $a3-11-045811-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110458114 035 $a(CKB)3850000000001016 035 $a(EBL)4644607 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4644607 035 $a(DE-B1597)460752 035 $a(OCoLC)956997774 035 $a(OCoLC)979760671 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110458114 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4644607 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11247851 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL947540 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51032 035 $a(PPN)202112039 035 $a(EXLCZ)993850000000001016 100 $a20160831h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aKafka and the Universal /$fedited by Arthur Cools and Vivian Liska 210 $cDe Gruyter$d2016 210 1$aBerlin, [Germany] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cDe Gruyter,$d2016. 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 225 1 $aInterdisciplinary German Cultural Studies,$x1861-8030 ;$vVolume 21 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-11-060831-6 311 $a3-11-045532-3 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tKafka and the Universal: Introduction / $rCools, Arthur / Liska, Vivian -- $tSection 1: The Ambiguity of the Singular -- $tThe Singular Accident in a Universe of Risk: An Approach to Kafka and the Paradox of the Universal / $rCorngold, Stanley -- $tPhilosophy and Ambiguity in Benjamin's Kafka / $rMoran, Brendan -- $tThe Logic of the "Swamp World": Hegel with Kafka on the Contradiction of Freedom / $rRosendal, Søren -- $tThe Necessary Revision of the Concept of the Universal: Kafka's "Singularity" / $rVillani, Arnaud -- $tSection 2: Before the Law -- $tAm-ha'aretz: The Law of the Singular. Kafka's Hidden Knowledge / $rSchonfeld, Eli -- $tDesire and Responsibility: The Case of K. / $rCools, Arthur -- $tDerrida-Reads-Kafka / $rBen-Naftali, Michal -- $tSection 3: Animals -- $tOf Mammoth Smallness: Franz Kafka's "The Village Schoolmaster" / $rGasché, Rodolphe -- $tIrreducible Pluralities: The Jewish Legacy of Franz Kafka / $rSuchoff, David -- $tKafka's Cat-Lamb: Hybridization of Genesis and Taxonomy / $rGlazova, Anna -- $tSection 4: Modernism -- $tKafka's Anti-Epiphanies / $rRabaté, Jean-Michel -- $tModernism's Particulars, Oscillating Universals, and Josefine's Singular Singing / $rMarkotic, Lorraine -- $tThe Alarm Clock: The Times of Gregor Samsa / $rShahar, Galili -- $tSection 5: After Kafka -- $tReading Kafka: A Personal Story / $rSandbank, Shimon -- $tKafka, Pro and Contra: Günther Anders's Holocaust Book / $rGellen, Kata -- $tDis/Placing Thought: Franz Kafka and Hannah Arendt / $rErdle, Birgit R. -- $tNotes on Contributors -- $tName Index 330 $aKafka's work has been attributed a universal significance and is often regarded as the ultimate witness of the human condition in the twentieth century. Yet his work is also considered paradigmatic for the expression of the singular that cannot be subsumed under any generalization. This paradox engenders questions not only concerning the meaning of the universal as it manifests itself in (and is transformed by) Kafka's writings but also about the expression of the singular in literary fiction as it challenges the opposition between the universal and the singular. The contributions in this volume approach these questions from a variety of perspectives. They are structured according to the following issues: ambiguity as a tool of deconstructing the pre-established philosophical meanings of the universal; the concept of the law as a major symbol for the universal meaning of Kafka's writings; the presence of animals in Kafka's texts; the modernist mode of writing as challenge of philosophical concepts of the universal; and the meaning and relevance of the universal in contemporary Kafka reception. This volume examines central aspects of the interplay between philosophy and literature. 410 0$aInterdisciplinary German cultural studies ;$vVolume 21. 606 $aAuthors, Austrian$y20th century 610 $aSingularity. 610 $amodernism. 610 $anarrative. 610 $auniversalism. 615 0$aAuthors, Austrian 676 $a830.900912 700 $aCools$b Arthur$4auth$01172444 702 $aCools$b Arthur 702 $aLiska$b Vivian 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910309742503321 996 $aKafka and the Universal$93358495 997 $aUNINA