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Author:   Astrid Oesmann
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780791463857

ISBN 10:   0791463850
Pages:   241
Publication Date:   21 April 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Brecht and Theory Realism and Reversed Perception Art as the Speaker of History Natural History Mimetic Activities 2 Prehistories The Theatrical Destruction of Subjectivity The Unorganized Material Instincts and Transformations 3 Man Between Material and Social Order Material Against Identity: Mann ist Mann Brecht's Concept of the Public Sphere The Captured Material (Exploitation/Imploitation) Political Distinctions 4 Revolution: Change and Persistence The Teaching Plays: Brecht's Theatre of Poverty Social Space and Human Standing Einverstandnis: Consent in Crisis Subject Bound/Thought Unbound Defacement and Death 5 Brecht's Archaeology of Knowledge The Genealogy of Terror Memory and Morality Body in Time: Haltung Thought in Time: Lehre Notes Index

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Astrid Oesmann is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature at The University of Iowa

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