Bertolt Brecht's _Me-ti,_ which remained unpublished in his own
lifetime, now appears for the first time in English. Me-ti counselled
against 'constructing too complete images of the world'. For this work
of fragments and episodes, Brecht accumulated anecdotes, poems,
personal stories and assessments of contemporary politics. Given its
controversial nature, he sought a disguise, using the name of a
Chinese contemporary of Socrates, known today as Mozi. Stimulated by
his humorous aphoristic style and social focus, as well as an
engrained Chinese awareness of the flow of things, Brecht developed a
practical, philosophical, anti-systematic ethics, discussing Marxist
dialectics, Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, the Moscow trials, and the theories
behind current events, while warning how ideology makes people the
'servants of priests'.
_Me-ti _is central to an understanding of Brecht's critical
reflections on Marxist dialectics and his commitment to change and the
non-eternal, the philosophy which informs much of his writing and his
most famous plays, such as _The Good Person of Szechwan_. Readers will
find themselves both fascinated and beguiled by the reflections and
wisdom it offers.
First published in German in 1965 and now translated and edited by
Antony Tatlow, Brecht's _Me-ti: Book of Interventions in the Flow of
Things_ provides readers with a much-anticipated accessible edition of
this important work. It features a substantial introduction to the
concerns of the work, its genesis and context - both within Brecht's
own writing and within the wider social and political history, and
provides an original selection and organisation of texts. Extensive
notes illuminate the work and provide commentary on related works from
Brecht's oeuvre.
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Book of Interventions in the Flow of Things
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ISBN
9781472579188
Publisert
2020
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1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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