The Mother Fuck - I Lost My Sunglass

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i wanted to get thoughts about how to approach interpreting a novel like the trial. It is almost as if he knows he's probably guilty of something, but since they won't tell him what he's being accused of, he doesn't want to give it up. The parable of the law that the priest tells joseph kay, is also a parable about interpretation. Walter benamin claimed that kofka took all conceivable precautions against the interpretationof his writings. And i think, you know, part of that was, like, burning some of em, burning them. But then also, i think like that, having that parable, which we'll talk about at length at

David and Tamler wander through the bewildering dream-like world of Franz Kafka’s "The Trial." In part one of a two-part discussion we discuss the circumstances of its publication, the various interpretative approaches that can be taken to the novel, and all the ways that Kafka’s prose gets under your skin, making you feel what’s happening even if you don’t fully understand it. Recorded in the decidedly un-Kafka-esque location of Nosara, Costa Rica – thanks to the Harmony Hotel for having us back!

Plus – Social Psychologists for Peace send an open letter to Vladimir Putin urging him to reverse course on the tragic invasion of Ukraine. Putin seems intent on toppling the Ukranian government but has he considered Sherif et al (1961), Tajfel (1977), Festinger (1954), and Brewer (1991)?