Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-236) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : alienating alienation -- Brecht's theory of alienation. Developments towards alienation ; The Marxist-Hegelian background : complexities and contradictions ; Self-alienation as technique : "astonishment guides his brush" ; External alienation : "she cried into her sleeve, and he touched it as if he had found it wet" ; Enlightened anti-illusion and its implicit superstition ; Dialectical optics of alienation : time and vision in Brecht ; Thaetricality : Brecht's Platonic anti-theatricality -- Mimesis and alterity : Diderot's exploration of alienation. Dual forms of acting : approximating Diderot and Brecht ; Alienating Brecht through Diderot ; "L'illusion n'est que pour vous" : the deluding effects of self-alienation ; Optics of illusion : time and vision in Diderot ; From contrast to paradox : relativity of alienation ; Theatrum mundi : alienation as implicit order ; Sociality, theatricality and alienation in Rousseau's thought ; Le neveu de Rameau : alienation between objective represenation and subjective experience -- Conclusion : the game is the game.
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