Politics of Benjamin's Kafka: Philosophy as Renegade (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book provides a critical assessment of Benjamin's writings on Franz Kafka and of Benjamin's related writings. Eliciting from Benjamin's writings a conception of philosophy that is political in its dissociation from - its becoming renegade in relation to, its philosophic shame about - established laws, norms, and forms, the book compares Benjamin's writings with relevant works by Agamben, Heidegger, Levinas, and others. In relating Benjamin's writings on Kafka to Benjamin's writings on politics, the study delineates a philosophic impetus in literature and argues that this impetus has potential political consequences. Finally, the book is critical of Benjamin's messianism insofar as it is oriented by the anticipated elimination of exceptions and distractions. Exceptions and distractions are, the book argues, precisely what literature, like other arts, brings to the fore. Hence the philosophic, and the political, importance of literature.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	June 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Brendan Moran
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	350
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-72010-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	3-319-72010-4
Barcode:	9783319720104

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