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Philosophizing Brecht
Critical Readings on Art, Consciousness, Social Theory and Performance
Series: - Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, Volume: 55
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 dialecticâthe 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 MarÃa Durán, Felix J. Fuch, Philip Glahn, Jim Grilli, Wolfgang Fritz Haug, Norman Roessler, Jeremy Spencer, Anthony Squiers, Peter Zazzali.
Contributors: Kevin S. Amidon, José MarÃa Durán, Felix J. Fuch, Philip Glahn, Jim Grilli, Wolfgang Fritz Haug, Norman Roessler, Jeremy Spencer, Anthony Squiers, Peter Zazzali.
Norman Roessler is Associate Professor at Temple University. Editor of the International Brecht Societyâs Communication Journal from 2006-2011, he also wrote the Introductions for the Penguin Classics Editions of Brechtâs 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).
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).
Notes on Contributors
1 Philosophizing Brecht: An Introduction for Dark Times
âAnthony Squiers
2 The Performance of Racialized Bodies and Brechtâs Operatic Anthropology
âKevin S. Amidon
3 Consciousness in Brechtian Acting: De-familiarizing the Self
âPeter Zazzali
4 Brecht and Film Theory: How Brechtâs Theory and Method Impacted the Development of âScreen Theoryâ
âJeremy Spencer
5 Philosophizing with Brecht and Günther Anders: What Is Wrong with Moralism?
âWolfgang Fritz Haug
6 Philosophizing with Brecht and Plato: On Socratic Courage
âAnthony Squiers
7 Brecht, the Popular, and Intellectuals in Dark Times: Of Donkeys and âTuisâ
âPhilip Glahn
8 Brecht, Dialectics and Dialogical Art: An Engagement with Contemporary Art Practices
âJosé MarÃa Durán
9 Philosophizing Brecht: An (In)Conclusion
âNorman Roessler
âIndex
1 Philosophizing Brecht: An Introduction for Dark Times
âAnthony Squiers
2 The Performance of Racialized Bodies and Brechtâs Operatic Anthropology
âKevin S. Amidon
3 Consciousness in Brechtian Acting: De-familiarizing the Self
âPeter Zazzali
4 Brecht and Film Theory: How Brechtâs Theory and Method Impacted the Development of âScreen Theoryâ
âJeremy Spencer
5 Philosophizing with Brecht and Günther Anders: What Is Wrong with Moralism?
âWolfgang Fritz Haug
6 Philosophizing with Brecht and Plato: On Socratic Courage
âAnthony Squiers
7 Brecht, the Popular, and Intellectuals in Dark Times: Of Donkeys and âTuisâ
âPhilip Glahn
8 Brecht, Dialectics and Dialogical Art: An Engagement with Contemporary Art Practices
âJosé MarÃa Durán
9 Philosophizing Brecht: An (In)Conclusion
âNorman Roessler
âIndex
All those interested in Bertolt Brecht, directors and other theatre practitioners, actors, researchers in 20th Century Marxism and German literature, people in theatre studies, philosophers of aesthetics.