Kafka on the Loss of Purpose and the Illusion of Freedom

Polish Journal of Aesthetics 53 (2/2019: The Philosopher Franz K):69-60 (2019)
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I argue that Kafka's writings express the idea that our sense of freedom is deceptive. It is deceptive because we cannot discern any proper purpose or destination that would allow us to make truly meaningful choices. Kafka's thought here relates to the existentialist view of Kierkegaard, but it radicalizes that view by depriving it of its teleological dimension.

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