Politics of Benjamin’s Kafka: Philosophy as Renegade
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Politics of Benjamin’s Kafka: Philosophy as Renegade
Brendan Moran
Philosophy / Aesthetics
Reflects on Benjamin’s specifically “philosophical” politics through the lens of his work on Kafka - ths first study to do this
Criticizes aspects of Benjamin's messianism that envision redemption as the complete overcoming of distortion
Shows that, for Benjamin’s Kafkan outlook, the philosophic task includes recalling all are part of the “world theatre.”
Brendan Moran is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary, Canada. His publications include a book on Benjamin’s early writings, and articles on Benjamin, Agamben, Laruelle, Heidegger, Levinas, and Salomo Friedlaender. He has also co-edited two books with Carlo Salzani, Philosophy and Kafka, and Towards the Critique of Violence: Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben.
| Publication Date: | 14 June 2018 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN-13: | 9783319720104 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Page Count: | 350 |