Bertolt Brecht in Systemkonflikten

Produktion – Rezeption – Wirkung

Contributions by Joachim Lucchesi Contributions by Florian Vaßen Contributions by Helmuth Kiesel Contributions by Wolfgang Beutin Contributions by Ralf Schnell Contributions by Tanja Kinkel Contributions by Arno Gimber Contributions by Andrzej Gwóźdź Contributions by Jan Knopf Contributions by Frank Raddatz Contributions by Nikolaus Müller-Schöll Contributions by Gerd Koch Contributions by Karolina Prykowska Michalak Contributions by Jürgen Hillesheim Contributions by Karoline Sprenger Contributions by Klaus-Dieter Krabiel Contributions by Frank Wagner Contributions by Hannelore Scholz-Lübbering Contributions by Markus Wessendorf Contributions by Grazyna Barbara Szewczyk Contributions by Nina Nowara-Matusik Contributions by Gad Kaynar-Kissinger Contributions by Grażyna Krupińska Edited by Zbigniew Feliszewski

Book cover: Bertolt Brecht in Systemkonflikten

Extent: 505 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: German Studies, Literary Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9783847114598

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $94.00

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Bertolt Brecht lebte und wirkte in verschiedenen politischen, gesellschaftlichen, wirtschaftlichen, kulturellen Systemen. Auch mit unterschiedlichen Gesellschaftsschichten, -gruppen und Kunstlerformationen kam er in Beruhrung. Der Band versucht nachzuzeichnen, wie Brecht zwischen den Systemen taktisch zu lavieren versuchte und gleichzeitig eigene Systeme zu bilden vermochte.


Bertold Brecht is full of contradictions. The cracks, splits, and incompatibilities in his life as well as in his texts call active reading. His consistent denial of logical connections in life, questioning the sustainability of cultures and political systems, and vehement emphasis on the contradiction in people, in social and historical processes, form a point of orientation for a deeper reflection on the meaning of today’s theatrical thinker. Given Brecht’s “difficult reception” in many places, arises the question of his afterlife on different continents, social, political, and cultural systems. This encourages a new, transnational reading of Brecht, which, despite globalization and multi- and transculturalism, seems – in many places – to be caught up in old, national patterns of thought.

  • Contributions by Joachim Lucchesi
  • Contributions by Florian Vaßen
  • Contributions by Helmuth Kiesel
  • Contributions by Wolfgang Beutin
  • Contributions by Ralf Schnell
  • Contributions by Tanja Kinkel
  • Contributions by Arno Gimber
  • Contributions by Andrzej Gwóźdź
  • Contributions by Jan Knopf
  • Contributions by Frank Raddatz
  • Contributions by Nikolaus Müller-Schöll
  • Contributions by Gerd Koch
  • Contributions by Karolina Prykowska Michalak
  • Contributions by Jürgen Hillesheim
  • Contributions by Karoline Sprenger
  • Contributions by Klaus-Dieter Krabiel
  • Contributions by Frank Wagner
  • Contributions by Hannelore Scholz-Lübbering
  • Contributions by Markus Wessendorf
  • Contributions by Grazyna Barbara Szewczyk
  • Contributions by Nina Nowara-Matusik
  • Contributions by Gad Kaynar-Kissinger
  • Contributions by Grażyna Krupińska
  • Edited by Zbigniew Feliszewski