Book/Printed Material Kafka and Wittgenstein : the case for an analytic modernism

Title

• Kafka and Wittgenstein : the case for an analytic modernism

Names

• Schuman, Rebecca, author

Created / Published

• Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.

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.

Headings

• -  Kafka, Franz,--1883-1924--Criticism and interpretation
• -  Wittgenstein, Ludwig,--1889-1951
• -  Literature--Philosophy

Notes

• -  Based on the author's dissertation--University of California-Irvine, 2010.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index.
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (ix, 220 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• PT2621.A26

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2019667733

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2019667733

Rights Advisory

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2019667733

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