03321nam 2200637Ia 450 991096282560332120200520144314.0978079148360207914836069781423743927142374392X(CKB)1000000000458813(OCoLC)461442382(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579219(SSID)ssj0000250426(PQKBManifestationID)11217498(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250426(PQKBWorkID)10231616(PQKB)10107745(MiAaPQ)EBC3407796(OCoLC)62734632(MdBmJHUP)muse6258(Au-PeEL)EBL3407796(CaPaEBR)ebr10579219(OCoLC)923410068(DE-B1597)683937(DE-B1597)9780791483602(Perlego)2673887(EXLCZ)99100000000045881320040329d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrStaging history Brecht's social concepts of ideology /Astrid Oesmann1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20051 online resource (242 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791463857 0791463850 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.Front Matter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Brecht and Theory -- Prehistories -- Man Between Material and Social Order -- Revolution -- Brecht's Archaeology of Knowledge -- Notes -- IndexStaging History analyzes the commitment to social change present in the theatrical and theoretical writings of Bertolt Brecht. Challenging previous notions, Astrid Oesmann argues that Brecht's work was less dependent on Marxist ideology than is often assumed and that his work should be seen as a coherent whole. Brecht used the stage to release political ideas into experimental spaces in which actors and spectators could explore the relationships between abstract thought and concrete social life. Oesmann places Brecht within the context of the major leftist theorists of the twentieth century, particularly Adorno, Benjamin, and Lukàcs, focusing on their discussions of realism, aesthetics, natural history, and mimesis. Oesmann elaborates upon the vision of a "counter-public sphere" in a number of Brecht's theoretical texts and plays—especially The Three Penny Trial and Fear and Misery of the Third Reich—that present the emergence of such a sphere in the face of fascism. By exploring Brecht's theoretical writings, selected plays, and recently published theatrical fragments, Oesmann reveals unpredictable constructions of history and surprising distinctions among various political ideologies, while also proving that Brecht remains vitally relevant to a "post-communist" world.German literatureGerman literature.832/.912Oesmann Astrid1961-1810712MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962825603321Staging history4362170UNINA