Overview
The Star Trek franchise reflects, conveys, and comments upon the key philosophical tensions of the modern era. This book details the manner in which these tensions and controversies are manifested in Star Trek across its iterations, arguing that Star Trek offers an indispensable contribution to our understanding of politics in the modern era.
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Author: George A. Gonzalez
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 2015 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 3.943kg
ISBN: 9781137549402
ISBN 10: 1137549408
Pages: 219
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Star Trek (the original series): An Anti-Cold War Narrative 2. Star Trek, Utopia, Pragmatism 3. Star Trek, American Military Policy, and the Developing World 4. Star Trek and the Clash of Civilizations: Traditionalism versus Modernity (Universalism) 5. Star Trek and World Government: Federation, Empire, or Neoliberalism 6. Star Trek and Technologies of Empire 7. Star Trek: Why Do Soldiers Fight in Modern Warfare? Preemptive Empire or Federation 8. Star Trek, the Dominant Social Paradigm, and the Lack of an Environmental Ethos 9. The Politics of State Building: Star Trek: Enterprise 10. Lost in the Developing World: Star Trek: Voyager Conclusion: Star Trek: From Cold War to Post-Cold War
Reviews
George Gonzalez has written an exhilarating, probing, exciting study of the Trek franchise that focuses on its considerable and enduring value as a politically resistant text. By reorienting scholarship to focus on Trek's commitment to liberal humanism from the Original Series to Star Trek Into Darkness, this study encourages the reader to boldly go back to the origins of Trek's ethical political vision and the immeasurable pleasures and values of its ongoing narrative. - David Greven, Professor, University of South Carolina, USA
Author Information
George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, USA. He is the author of numerous books including Urban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital (2009), Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States (2012), and Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic (2013). He is co-editor of Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking (1997), which won the 1998 Lynton Caldwell Book Award, given by the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy section of the American Political Science Association. Professor Gonzalez's work in the field of Star Trek Studies has been published in Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction.
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