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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joel R. Campbell, Joel R. Gokcek Campbell, Campbell Joel R., Gigi Gokcek
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781498555272
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5527-2
• Pagine: 258
• Serie: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, ART / Film & Video, International Relations, Politics & government, Electronic, holographic & video art