Between Blanchot and Kafka: beyond the law, the silence

Authors

  • Sebastián Chun Universidad de Buenos Aires

Abstract

If we look for the ideal of language that goes through the philosophical tradition, we immediately find the linguistic paradigm ruled by the logical empire. This one sets the limit between reason and the meaningless silence. Nevertheless, we can ́t ignore the other logic that has fissured the monolithic rationality, opening the possibilities of other way of thinking and also thinking the other. Blanchot has been one of the most important exponents of that other reason and has received Kafka ́s great influence, so bringing his thought to literature perhaps made Blanchot think of the outside.

Keywords:

language, literature, logic, writing, subjectivity, utility