The relationship between philosopher-critic Walter Benjamin and playwright-poet Bertolt Brecht was both a lasting friendship and a powerful intellectual partnership. Having met in the late 1920s in Germany, Benjamin and Brecht both independently minded Marxists with a deep understanding of and passionate commitment to the emancipatory potential of cultural practices continued t...(展开全部)

The relationship between philosopher-critic Walter Benjamin and playwright-poet Bertolt Brecht was both a lasting friendship and a powerful intellectual partnership. Having met in the late 1920s in Germany, Benjamin and Brecht both independently minded Marxists with a deep understanding of and passionate commitment to the emancipatory potential of cultural practices continued t...(展开全部)

A playwright, poet, and activist, Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was known for his theory of the epic theater and his attempts to break down the division between high art and popular culture. He was also a committed Marxist who lived through two world wars and a global depression. Looking at Brecht’s life and works through his plays, stories, poems, and political essays, Philip Gla...(展开全部)

瓦尔特·本雅明（1892—1940），德国文学家、思想家，因其博学和敏锐而享誉世界，被视为20世纪前半期德国重要的文学评论家，被誉为“欧洲后一位知识分子”。他学术视野开阔，学术眼光独到，著作宏富，著有《德意志悲苦剧的起源》、《德国浪漫派的艺术批评概念》、《可技术复制时代的艺术作品》、《评歌德的<亲和力>》、《摄影小史》、《柏林童年》、《德意志人》等名著，尚留下六册书信集。作为众所周知的思想家，其论著丰富的解释力吸引越来越多学者的目光，俨然成为重审现代性与欧洲文化史的关键节点。

The legacy of Bertolt Brecht is much contested, whether by those who wish to forget or to vilify his politics, but his stature as the outstanding political playwright and poet of the twentieth century is unforgettably established in this major critical work. Fredric Jameson elegantly dissects the intricate connections between Brecht's drama and politics, demonstrating the way t...(展开全部)

An analysis of the connections between Brecht's drama and politics. The author argues that Brecht's method was a multi-layered process of reflection and self-reflection, reference and self-reference, which allows individuals to situate themselves historically, to think about themselves in the third person, and to use that self-projection in history as a basis for judgement. Emp...(展开全部)

瓦尔特·本雅明（1892—1940），德国文学家、思想家，因其博学和敏锐而享誉世界，被视为20世纪前半期德国重要的文学评论家，被誉为“欧洲后一位知识分子”。他学术视野开阔，学术眼光独到，著作宏富，著有《德意志悲苦剧的起源》、《德国浪漫派的艺术批评概念》、《可技术复制时代的艺术作品》、《评歌德的<亲和力>》、《摄影小史》、《柏林童年》、《德意志人》等名著，尚留下六册书信集。作为众所周知的思想家，其论著丰富的解释力吸引越来越多学者的目光，俨然成为重审现代性与欧洲文化史的关键节点。

An analysis of the connections between Brecht's drama and politics. The author argues that Brecht's method was a multi-layered process of reflection and self-reflection, reference and self-reference, which allows individuals to situate themselves historically, to think about themselves in the third person, and to use that self-projection in history as a basis for judgement. Emp...(展开全部)

The legacy of Bertolt Brecht is much contested, whether by those who wish to forget or to vilify his politics, but his stature as the outstanding political playwright and poet of the twentieth century is unforgettably established in this major critical work. Fredric Jameson elegantly dissects the intricate connections between Brecht's drama and politics, demonstrating the way t...(展开全部)