Abstract
Complex topics such as the place of a person in society and the devaluation of the individual have always been in the spotlight of the world community. One of them is Franz Kafka, a Czech writer, a representative of the literature of the XX century modernism and existentialism. The article analyzes the philosophical and spiritual aspects of human devaluation through Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”. Through the transformation of the hero of the work, Gregor Zamza, into an insect, the loss of the value of the human person in society, the metamorphoses in family and social relations, as well as the bureaucratic system, economic dependence, family conflicts, and the denial of human dignity are symbolized. Through a retrospective approach to the issues of the status and value of a person in modern society, a social and philosophical study has been conducted on the conditionality of a person’s value in society, the connection of his devaluation with both external and internal factors, the causes, consequences, and impact of human devaluation on society, the complexities of a person finding his identity and preserving his dignity in modern society.