Tragic Realism: On Karel Kosík’s Insight into Kafka

Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 53 (4):370-383 (2021)
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The aim of this article is to shed light on the reflections that Czech Marxist philosopher Karel Kosík dedicated to literature, and particularly to the writings of Franz Kafka, from the 1960s to the 1990s. More specifically, this article clarifies whether and how Kafka’s work influenced Kosík’s philosophy of praxis and critique of modern society.

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10.1080/00071773.2021.2015697

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