Star Trek and Star Wars - The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment (Hardcover, New edition)

In Star Trek and Star Wars: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment, George A. Gonzalez shows that these two behemoths of popular culture put the Enlightenment and anti-Enlightenment before the viewing public. Star Trek is arguably the popular culture vehicle most reflective of the Enlightenment: a belief in political and social progress, leading to a society that is modern, classless, and totally free of gender and ethnic biases. The Star Wars franchise, meanwhile, is seemingly the artistic embodiment of the anti-Enlightenment: societal progress (to the extent that it occurs) is solely a function of technology and not a perfecting of justice and fairness. Gonzalez shows that this reflects the pessimism and demoralization underlying the Trump phenomenon and the rise of anti-democratic, virulent nationalism.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	George Gonzalez
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	124
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-9770-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-4331-9770-7
Barcode:	9781433197703

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