Overview
- Offers the novel approach of utilizing the broadcast iterations of the immensely popular Star Trek franchise to analyze/treat/convey continental philosophy
- Challenges analytic philosophy, including its application to Star Trek
- Original and innovative contributions to continental and analytical philosophy, as well as international relations, television studies, Marxism, and pragmatism/neo-pragmatism
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume explains how Star Trek allows viewers to comprehend significant aspects of Georg Hegel’s concept the absolute, the driving force behind history.
Gonzalez, with wit and wisdom, explains how Star Trek exhibits central elements of the absolute. He describes how themes and ethos central to the show display the concept beautifully. For instance, the show posits that people must possess the correct attitudes in order to bring about an ideal society: a commitment to social justice; an unyielding commitment to the truth; and a similar commitment to scientific, intellectual discovery. These characteristics serve as perfect embodiments of Hegel’s conceptualization, and Gonzalez's analysis is sharp and exacting.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, USA. He specializes in the fields of political theory, popular culture, and environmental politics and policy. In the areas of popular culture and political theory he has published two articles in the journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, as well as the book The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Absolute and Star Trek
Authors: George A. Gonzalez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47794-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47793-0Published: 04 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83826-7Published: 13 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47794-7Published: 23 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 116
Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: German Idealism, Philosophy of History, Philosophy of History, American Cinema and TV