Philosophizing Brecht: Critical Readings on Art, Consciousness, Social Theory and Performance

Author:   Norman Roessler ,  Anthony Squiers
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   55
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9789004404434


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   29 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Philosophizing Brecht: Critical Readings on Art, Consciousness, Social Theory and Performance


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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, José María Durán, Felix J. Fuch, Philip Glahn, Jim Grilli, Wolfgang Fritz Haug, Norman Roessler, Jeremy Spencer, Anthony Squiers, Peter Zazzali.

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Author:   Norman Roessler ,  Anthony Squiers
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   55
Weight:   0.478kg
ISBN:  

9789004404434


ISBN 10:   9004404430
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   29 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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 Günther 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  José María Durán 9 Philosophizing Brecht: An (In)Conclusion  Norman Roessler  Index

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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 für Amerikanistik at Universität Passau. He is the author of An Introduction to the Social and Political Philosophy of Bertolt Brecht (Rodopi, 2016).

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