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

Joel R. Campbell is associate professor of political science at Troy University.

Gigi Gokcek is associate professor of political science at Dominican University of California.

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 R. Campbell, Joel R. Gokcek Campbell, Campbell Joel R., Gigi Gokcek
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781498555272
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5527-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, ART / Film & Video, International Relations, Politics & government, Electronic, holographic & video art