Post-doctoral researcher Ian Ellison has appeared on a special episode of the Past Present Future podcast with David Runciman as part of their 'Politics on Trial' series to discuss Franz Kafka's novel The Trial, which was first published posthumously a hundred years ago in 1925. What is the meaning of a book about a legal process that never happens? How was it inspired by Kafka’s failed love life? Why has it given rise to so many different understandings of what makes our world Kafkaesque? And how did a work of fiction that is full of weird and wonderful ideas get associated with mindless bureaucracy?
Listen here to find out more: https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/politics-on-trial-100th-anniversary-special%3A-franz-kafka%E2%80%99s-the-trial
