Philosophizing Brecht
Critical Readings on Art, Consciousness, Social Theory and Performance
Published on 29. May 2019
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-90-04-40443-4 (ISBN)
Description
This anthology unites scholars from varied backgrounds with the notion that the theories and artistic productions of Bertolt Brecht are key missing links in bridging diverse discourses in social philosophy, theatre, consciousness studies, and aesthetics. It offers readers interdisciplinary perspectives that create unique dialogues between Brecht and important thinkers such as Althusser, Anders, Bakhtin, Benjamin, Godard, Marx, and Plato. While exploring salient topics such as consciousness, courage, ethics, political aesthetics, and representations of race and the body, it penetrates the philosophical Brecht seeing in him the never-ending dialectic-the idea, the theory, the narrative, the character that is never foreclosed. This book is an essential read for all those interested in Brecht as a socio-cultural theorist and for theatre practitioners.
Contributors: Kevin S. Amidon, Jose Maria Duran, Felix J. Fuch, Philip Glahn, Jim Grilli, Wolfgang Fritz Haug, Norman Roessler, Jeremy Spencer, Anthony Squiers, Peter Zazzali.
Contributors: Kevin S. Amidon, Jose Maria Duran, Felix J. Fuch, Philip Glahn, Jim Grilli, Wolfgang Fritz Haug, Norman Roessler, Jeremy Spencer, Anthony Squiers, Peter Zazzali.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-40443-4 (9789004404434)
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Persons
Norman Roessler is Associate Professor at Temple University. Editor of the International Brecht Society's Communication Journal from 2006-2011, he also wrote the Introductions for the Penguin Classics Editions of Brecht's plays (2007).
Anthony Squiers is Associate Professor of Government at Tarrant County College and Privatdozent fuer Amerikanistik at Universitaet Passau. He is the author of An Introduction to the Social and Political Philosophy of Bertolt Brecht (Rodopi, 2016).
Anthony Squiers is Associate Professor of Government at Tarrant County College and Privatdozent fuer Amerikanistik at Universitaet Passau. He is the author of An Introduction to the Social and Political Philosophy of Bertolt Brecht (Rodopi, 2016).
Content
Notes on Contributors
1 Philosophizing Brecht: An Introduction for Dark Times
?Anthony Squiers
2 The Performance of Racialized Bodies and Brecht's Operatic Anthropology
?Kevin S. Amidon
3 Consciousness in Brechtian Acting: De-familiarizing the Self
?Peter Zazzali
4 Brecht and Film Theory: How Brecht's Theory and Method Impacted the Development of "Screen Theory"
?Jeremy Spencer
5 Philosophizing with Brecht and Guenther Anders: What Is Wrong with Moralism?
?Wolfgang Fritz Haug
6 Philosophizing with Brecht and Plato: On Socratic Courage
?Anthony Squiers
7 Brecht, the Popular, and Intellectuals in Dark Times: Of Donkeys and "Tuis"
?Philip Glahn
8 Brecht, Dialectics and Dialogical Art: An Engagement with Contemporary Art Practices
?Jose Maria Duran
9 Philosophizing Brecht: An (In)Conclusion
?Norman Roessler
?Index
1 Philosophizing Brecht: An Introduction for Dark Times
?Anthony Squiers
2 The Performance of Racialized Bodies and Brecht's Operatic Anthropology
?Kevin S. Amidon
3 Consciousness in Brechtian Acting: De-familiarizing the Self
?Peter Zazzali
4 Brecht and Film Theory: How Brecht's Theory and Method Impacted the Development of "Screen Theory"
?Jeremy Spencer
5 Philosophizing with Brecht and Guenther Anders: What Is Wrong with Moralism?
?Wolfgang Fritz Haug
6 Philosophizing with Brecht and Plato: On Socratic Courage
?Anthony Squiers
7 Brecht, the Popular, and Intellectuals in Dark Times: Of Donkeys and "Tuis"
?Philip Glahn
8 Brecht, Dialectics and Dialogical Art: An Engagement with Contemporary Art Practices
?Jose Maria Duran
9 Philosophizing Brecht: An (In)Conclusion
?Norman Roessler
?Index