Det andra ansiktet: Etik och moral i Kafkas Förvandlingen utifrån Lavey respektive Levinas
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
The Other Face : Ethics and Morals in The Metamorphosis by Kafka based on LaVey and Levinas, respectively (English)
Abstract [en]
This essay examines ethics and morality in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis (1915) based on Emmanuel Levinas’s ethics and Anton Szandor LaVey’s satanic ethics. The analysis begins by exploring LaVey's Satanic ethics and connection to the work, followed by Levinas’s ethics and philosophy in correlation to the characters. In the comparative analysis, the initial questions are further developed by pitting the two ethics against each other and allowing a dialogue to take place. The essay concludes with a summary and a final discussion that condenses the primary thoughts of the text and emphasizes the complexity of the ethical values in the work. Furthermore, it highlights the similarity between the two ethics when discussing the counterpart with the main distinction lying in how they justify actions. Finally, the conclusion presents a closing interpretation of the ending of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, offering insights into its possible meaning.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 31
Keywords [en]
Levinas, LaVeyan satanism, The Metamorphosis, Ethics, Morals, the Other
Keywords [sv]
Levinas, LaVey satanism, Förvandlingen, etik, moral, den andre
National Category
General Literature Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-235038OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-235038DiVA, id: diva2:1934882
Educational program
Programme for Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Supervisors
Examiners
2025-02-072025-02-052025-02-07Bibliographically approved