Final Frontier - International Relations and Politics Through Star Trek and Star Wars

This book examines politics in terms of space fiction, international relations and theory, using the Star Wars and Star Trek television and movie franchises to illustrate these dimensions.

List of contents

Chap. 1 A Tool for Understanding IR: The Meaning and Magic of Science Fiction
Chap. 2 The Force is with us: An Overview of International Relations Theories
Chap. 3 Roddenberry's Dream: Liberalism/Neo-liberalism and Star Trek
Chap. 4 The Fall and Rise of Republics: Liberalism, Realism and Star Wars
Chap. 5 Morgenthau, Kirk and Khan: Realism/Neo-realism and Star Trek
Chap. 6: Aliens of the Galaxy Unite! Marxist/Radical and Constitutive Approaches in Star Wars and Star Trek
Chap. 7: IR and Battlestar Galactica: From Disco Era Fantasy to Gritty Post-9/11 Reality

About the author

By Joel R. Campbell and Gigi Gokcek

Summary

This book examines politics in terms of space fiction, international relations and theory, using the Star Wars and Star Trek television and movie franchises to illustrate these dimensions.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Campbell, Joel R. Campbell, Joel R. Gokcek Campbell, Gigi Gokcek
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781498555258
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5525-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Politics, Literature, & Film; Politics, Literature, & Film
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education