Kafka, Zionism, and Beyond

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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-Ödipus im Land der Ur-Väter: 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 Index