{"product_id":"kafkas-the-trial-philosophical-perspectives-9780190461447","title":"Kafka's the Trial: Philosophical Perspectives","description":"Kafka's novel \u003cem\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/em\u003e, written from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925, is a multi-faceted, notoriously difficult manifestation of European literary modernism, and one of the most emblematic books of the 20th Century. It tells the story of Josef K., a man accused of a crime he has no\u003cbr\u003erecollection of committing and whose nature is never revealed to him. The novel is often interpreted theologically as an expression of radical nihilism and a world abandoned by God. It is also read as a parable of the cold, inhumane rationality of modern bureaucratization. Like many other novels of\u003cbr\u003ethis turbulent period, it offers a tragic quest-narrative in which the hero searches for truth and clarity (whether about himself, or the anonymous system he is facing), only to fall into greater and greater confusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of nine new essays and an editor's introduction brings together Kafka experts, intellectual historians, literary scholars, and philosophers in order to explore the novel's philosophical and theological significance. Authors pursue the novel's central concerns of justice, law, \u003cbr\u003eresistance, ethics, alienation, and subjectivity. Few novels display human uncertainty and skepticism in the face of rapid modernization, or the metaphysical as it intersects with the most mundane aspects of everyday life, more insistently than \u003cem\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, the essays in this collection focus on how Kafka's text is in fact philosophical in the ways in which it achieves its literary aims. Rather than considering ideas as externally related to the text, the text is considered philosophical at the very level of literary form and technique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Espen Hammer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190461447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEspen Hammer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, Philadelphia. A former Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Frankfurt, he has held professorships at the University of Essex (UK) and the University of Oslo, Norway, and been a Visiting Professor at the University of\u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania and the New School for Social Research. He is the author of numerous books and articles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40287219318899,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c580374b-ca39-46a8-9b7d-b92e95353fe2.jpg?v=1658236112","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/kafkas-the-trial-philosophical-perspectives-9780190461447","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}