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Bertolt Brecht and Critical Theory: Marxism, Modernity and the "Threepenny" Lawsuit

Bertolt Brecht and Critical Theory: Marxism, Modernity and the "Threepenny" Lawsuit


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This study of Brechtian theory is the first to concentrate on the crucial text Der Dreigroschenprozess (The Threepenny Lawsuit). The author gives a comprehensive account of the legal case that provoked Brecht into writing Der Dreigroschenprozess, in which he examines the implications of film production for authorial and moral rights in copyright law. Brecht's views on epistemology and social theory are analysed with reference to his reception of Logical Empiricism and the Marxism of Karl Korsch. The author demonstrates how Brecht's approach to the impact of modern media and technology on traditional aesthetics anticipates Walter Benjamin's Kunstwerk essay. Finally, the contemporary resonance of Der Dreigroschenprozess is highlighted in relation to postmodern and poststructuralist theory.

Table of Contents:
Brecht's "Beule" suit; critical thoughts on copyright theory; Brecht, logical empiricism and social behaviourism; Brecht's Marxism and "Der Dreigroschenprozess"; Brecht, Adorno and Benjamin's revisions to the "Kunstwerk" essay; aesthetic modernity in "Der Dreigroschenprozess" and the "Kunstwerk" essay; the contemporary resonance of "Der Dreigroschenprozess".

About the Author :
The Author: Steve Giles is Professor of Critical Theory, and Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies in the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies at Middlesex University. His publications include The Problem of Action in Modern European Drama (1981), the edited volume Theorizing Modernism (1993), and the co-edited volume Bertolt Brecht: Centenary Essays (1998).

Review :
'Bertolt Brecht and Critical Theory' covers interesting ground and offers a perspective on a moment in Brecht's thought through one of his under-discussed works. (Philip Auslander, The Drama Review)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783906760254
  • Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
  • Publisher Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Marxism, Modernity and the "Threepenny" Lawsuit
  • Width: 220 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3906760251
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 150 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 290 gr


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