"H'arut": A Jewish Reading of Kafka's "In the Penal Colony"
This article offers a close reading of Kafka's In the Penal Colony, exploring the text as a radical reflection on the nature of modernity in general, and Jewish modernity in particular. The article posits that In the Penal Colony is a meditation on the relation between suffering, transgression...
Subtitles: | "Special Section: Stéphane Mosès and the Invention of German Jewish Modernity" |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021
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Naharaim
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-114 |
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In the Penal Colony
B Law B Kafka B modern Jew B Suffering |
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