Overview
Offers a novel analysis of global politics through the analysis of the broadcast iterations of the immensely popular Star Trek franchise
Explores how Star Trek is premised on a perspective that see nationalism as a psychological pathology and internationalism as rational
Encompasses Marxist, Pragmatist and Neo-Pragmatist perspectives
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The Absolute, philosophized most saliently about by Georg Hegel, encompasses the entirety of reality. The absolute (reality) is composed of five dimensions – height, length, width, time, and justice. The five dimensions operate dialectically, and the normative values of reality inhere within the fifth dimension (justice) – hard, soft, moral, ethical, yellow, etc. ad infinitum. The normative values from the fifth dimension (justice), in combination with the brain, comprise the human mind. With the issues of climate change, world-wide biosphere destruction, nuclear weapons, international trade regimes, humanity has created the phenomenon of global politics – thereby changing the fifth dimension. The argument in this volume is that the broadcast iterations of Star Trek allow us to comprehend significant aspects of justice and the politics of globalism – created through the advent of science, technology, engineering, etc. The creators of Star Trek hold that nationalism is a psychological pathology and internationalism is rationality.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
George A. Gonzalez is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. His area of research specialization is political theory and popular culture. He is the author of The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future and The Absolute and Star Trek (both published by Palgrave Macmillan).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Star Trek and the Politics of Globalism
Authors: George A. Gonzalez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95411-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95410-3Published: 31 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95411-0Published: 18 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 148
Topics: Political Philosophy, Popular Culture , German Idealism