Bertolt Brecht in Systemkonflikten

Bertold Brecht is full of contradictions. The cracks, splits, and incompatibilities in his life as well as in his texts call active reading. His consistent denial of logical connections in life, questioning the sustainability of cultures and political systems, and vehement emphasis on the contradiction in people, in social and historical processes, form a point of orientation for a deeper reflection on the meaning of today's theatrical thinker. Given Brecht's "difficult reception" in many places, arises the question of his afterlife on different continents, social, political, and cultural systems. This encourages a new, transnational reading of Brecht, which, despite globalization and multi- and transculturalism, seems - in many places - to be caught up in old, national patterns of thought.