Bertolt Brecht’s Adaptations and Anti-capitalist Aesthetics Today

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Bertolt Brecht’s Adaptations and Anti-capitalist Aesthetics Today is written by Anthony Squiers and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004721878 (ISBN 10) and 9789004721876 (ISBN 13).

This book examines Brecht’s theory and method of adaptation. It first reconstructs it into a single framework using four key Brechtian concepts: Fabel, gestus, estrangement effects, and historicizing. It then uses that framework to analyse four Brechtian adaptations: The Tutor, Don Juan, “Socrates Wounded,” and Kriegsfibel. It argues that adaptation occupies a previously unrealised central place in Brecht’s thought, demonstrating that he provides us with a unique way to think about adaptation—as material transformation. It concludes by describing how Brecht is useful for anti-capitalist aesthetics today because through him one can foster a new consciousness which enables better social conditions to be created. This book is practical for both theatre practitioners and artists as well as theorists.