Freedom and Confinement in Modernity
| Author | : A. Kordela |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2011-05-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230118959 |
| ISBN-13 | : 023011895X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Freedom and Confinement in Modernity by : A. Kordela
Download or read book Freedom and Confinement in Modernity written by A. Kordela and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kafka's literary universe is organized around constellations of imprisonment. Freedom and Confinement in Modernity proposes that imprisonment does not signify a tortured state of the individual in modernity. Rather, it provides a new reading of imprisonment suggesting it allows Kafka to perform a critique of a modernity instead.
