Main description: This volume contains the lectures delivered at an international conference in Israel devoted to the topic of Franz Kafka (1883-1924) and Zionism. Kafka's interests in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Jewish Nationalism and his various...
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Main description: This volume contains the lectures delivered at an international conference in Israel devoted to the topic of Franz Kafka (1883-1924) and Zionism. Kafka's interests in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Jewish Nationalism and his various relationships to his Zionist friends and his participation in Jewish national and Zionist-related activity are explored from a number of different critical vantage points. Likewise, his writings are considered within the specific framework of Jewish nationalism and Zionism.
""»any reality, however small.« Prague Zionisms between the Nations""; ""»The Entrance to the More Important.« Kafka�s Personal Zionism""; ""»Der letzte Zipfel.« Kafka�s State of Mind and the Making of the Jewish State""; ""Anti-�dipus im Land der Ur-V�ter: Franz Kafka und Anton Kuh""; ""Nachbarn, Feinde und andere Gemeinschaften""; ""Jewish Education: Borderline and Counterdiscourses in Kafka""; ""Kafka�s Gnostic Existentialism and Modem Jewish Revival""; ""Metamorphosis as Messianic Myth. Dream and Reality in the Writings of Franz Kafka""
""Kafka, the »Ostjuden«, and the Inscription of Identity""""Uncovering the Father: Kafka, Judaism, and Homoeroticism""; ""»Ende oder Anfang?« Kafka und der Judenstaat""; ""Kafka and Agnon: Their Relationship to Judaism and Zionism""; ""A Sign of Sickness and a Symbol of Health: Kafka�s Hebrew Notebooks""; ""The Image of Kafka in Brod�s Zauberreich der Liebe and its Zionist Implications""; ""The Creative Dialogue between Brod and Kafka""; ""The Look Back: Lot�s Wife, Kafka, Blanchot""; ""Virtual Zion: The Promised Lands of the Kafka Critical Editions""; ""List of Contributors""