Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti, which remained unpublished in his own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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ISBN
9781472579195
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
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Methuen Drama
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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