{"product_id":"kafkas-ethics-of-interpretation-jennifer-l-geddes-9780810132894","title":"Kafka's Ethics of Interpretation: Between Tyranny and Despair","description":"\u003ci\u003eKafka's Ethics of Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e refutes the oft-repeated claim, made by Kafka's greatest interpreters, including Walter Benjamin and Harold Bloom, that Kafka sought to evade interpretation of his writings. Jennifer L. Geddes shows that this claim about Kafka's deliberate uninterpretability is not only wrong, it also misconstrues a central concern of his work. Kafka was not trying to avoid or prevent interpretation; rather, his works are centrally concerned with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Geddes explores the interpretation that takes place within, and in response to, Kafka's writings, and pairs Kafka's works with readings of Sigmund Freud, Pierre Bourdieu, Tzvetan Todorov, Emmanuel Levinas, and others. She argues that Kafka explores interpretation as a mode of power and violence, but also as a mode of engagement with the world and others. Kafka, she argues, challenges us to rethink the ways we read texts, engage others, and navigate the world through our interpretations of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer L. Geddes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810132893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810132894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Jennifer L. Geddes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096742699263,"sku":"9780810132894","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kafkas-ethics-of-interpretation-jennifer-l-geddes-9780810132894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}