{"product_id":"bertolt-brechts-me-ti-bertolt-brecht-9781472579171","title":"Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti","description":"Bertolt Brecht's \u003ci\u003eMe-ti, \u003c\/i\u003e which remained unpublished in his own lifetime, now appears for the first time in English.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'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMe-ti \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Good Person of Szechwan\u003c\/i\u003e. Readers will find themselves both fascinated and beguiled by the reflections and wisdom it offers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFirst published in German in 1965 and now translated and edited by Antony Tatlow, Brecht's \u003ci\u003eMe-ti: Book of Interventions in the Flow of Things\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertolt Brecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472579178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472579171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Bertolt Brecht","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088343314687,"sku":"9781472579171","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7f7c94a-6d6e-4f73-a156-7fa44218e232.jpg?v=1769104330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bertolt-brechts-me-ti-bertolt-brecht-9781472579171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}