Superfluità e ‘vuoto mentale’ dei lavoratori: una esplorazione attraverso i racconti di Franz Kafka

Kafka was not a passive and absent-minded employee. Recent studies on its working documents have shown considerable passion and professional competence. This expertise was poured in his literary works about work and organizations with a direct knowledge. Kafka’s symbolist style has been very effective in changing the way to see organizations. The writer particularly realized the growth of the exceeding population in recent years and could grasp the workers’ psychology and deeper aspects when they face their superfluity and expulsion from the world of work. More specifically, Kafka was able to analyze psychological surrender to superfluity which is mainly expressed with a specific form of "mental emptiness".