LEADER 03321nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910962825603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791483602 010 $a0791483606 010 $a9781423743927 010 $a142374392X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458813 035 $a(OCoLC)461442382 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579219 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250426 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217498 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250426 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10231616 035 $a(PQKB)10107745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407796 035 $a(OCoLC)62734632 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6258 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407796 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579219 035 $a(OCoLC)923410068 035 $a(DE-B1597)683937 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791483602 035 $a(Perlego)2673887 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458813 100 $a20040329d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStaging history $eBrecht's social concepts of ideology /$fAstrid Oesmann 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791463857 311 08$a0791463850 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tForeword -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tBrecht and Theory -- $tPrehistories -- $tMan Between Material and Social Order -- $tRevolution -- $tBrecht's Archaeology of Knowledge -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aStaging 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 Lukācs, 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. 606 $aGerman literature 615 0$aGerman literature. 676 $a832/.912 700 $aOesmann$b Astrid$f1961-$01810712 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962825603321 996 $aStaging history$94362170 997 $aUNINA