"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...

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Subtitles:"Special Section: Stéphane Mosès and the Invention of German Jewish Modernity"
Main Author: Shaynfeld, Eli 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2021
In: Naharaim
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-114
Further subjects:B In the Penal Colony
B Law
B Kafka
B modern Jew
B Suffering
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