The Anatomist of Power
Subtitle: Franz Kafka and the Critique of Authority
By: Costas Despiniadis; translated by Stelios Kapsomenos
Publisher: Black Rose Books
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Montreal, Canada; Chicago, USA; London, UK
Language: eng
Translated from: gre
Translation of: Φραντς Κάφκα: Ο ανατόμος της εξουσίας
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781551646565
Copyright date: 2019
Other titles: Kafka et les anarchistes
Description: The study of Franz Kafka’s work has seen a steady rise in past decades, with interest broad and growing. With its breadth of sources and bold interpretation, Franz Kafka: The Anatomist of Power is a fascinating new look at one of the greatest authors of the 20th century. Of interest to both academic and public audiences, his work spans multiple disciplines, including literature, gender studies, Jewish studies, modern history, and political theory. 

Although Kafka has been established for many years as a leading light of Western literature, and interest in his writings continue to grow, no work has yet fully focused on Kafka’s criticism of power institutions in his literary work. The anti-authoritarian dimension of Kafka's work, long silenced in established criticism, is explored for the first time in this book. 

Supported by a close reading of Kafka's diaries, this book reconstructs Kafka's active participation in Prague’s anarchist circles between 1909-1912, discussing his wide interest in anarchist authors, his skepticism towards the Russian Revolution, and his ambivalent relationship with Utopian Zionism.

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Notes: Source title: The Anatomist of Power: Franz Kafka and the Critique of Authority
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 5; title: Preface
pagenum: 6; label: 1
title: The Anatomist Of Power. The Faces of Faceless Power: The Trial, The Castle, and Beyond
pagenum: 11; label: 2
title: Amerika. The Romantic Anti-capitalism of Kafka
pagenum: 37; label: 3
title: Metamorphosis. The Authority of the Raging Patriarch
pagenum: 62; label: 4
title: Law, Writing, Punishment, The Body. A Visit to the Penal Colony
pagenum: 90; label: 5
title: The Burrow. The Solid Foundations of The Castle
pagenum: 101; label: 6
title: Kafka And The Anarchists. An Obscured Relationship
pagenum: 116; label: 7
title: Kafka And The Issue Of (Anti-)Authority. A Non-literary Discussion
pagenum: 133; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 158