Description
| Product ID: | 9781433197703 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Star Trek and Star Wars |
| Subtitle: | The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment |
| Authors: | Author: George Gonzalez |
| Page Count: | 124 |
| Subjects: | Film history, theory or criticism, Film theory & criticism, Popular philosophy, Popular culture, Popular philosophy, Popular culture |
| Description: | Gonzalez shows that this reflects the pessimism and demoralization underlying the Trump phenomenon, and the rise of anti-democratic, virulent nationalism. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-12 |
