| Description |
ix, 220 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN |
9780810131460 hardback : alkaline paper |
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9780810131842 paperback : alkaline paper |
| Note |
Based on the author's dissertation--University of California-Irvine, 2010. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Library Class |
German MK28
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| Subject |
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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Literature -- Philosophy.
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