An Introduction to the Social and Political Philosophy of Bertolt Brecht
Автор:Anthony Squiers Год: 2014 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 188 ISBN: 9789042038998 An important and comprehensive presentation of the social and political thought of Bertolt Brecht. Squiers argues that Brecht, the well-known poet and dramatist, should also be considered a social and political thinker in his own right. Relying on close readings of Brecht's poems, plays, stage directions and other writings, Squiers reveals the theoretical significance of Brecht's distinctive account of praxis as well as his critique of instrumental rationality. This is a truly interdisciplinary work that speaks to political and critical theorists as well as to scholars of contemporary literature and theatre. -Emily Hauptmann, Ph.D. Western Michigan University Squiers' monograph makes the case that Brecht is the Missing Link in Western Discourse, the link that connects philosophy to literature to theater to politics to common sense...[It] is an important contribution to Brecht scholarship and follows a tradition established by Roland Barthes and extended by Fredric...
