{"product_id":"otherworldly-politics-the-international-relations-of-star-trek-game-of-thrones-and-battlestar-galactica-9781421417165","title":"Otherworldly Politics: The International Relations of Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and Battlestar Galactica","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOtherworldly Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephen Benedict Dyson examines the fictional but deeply political realities of three television shows: \u003cem\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBattlestar Galactica.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDyson explains how these shows offer alternative histories and future possibilities for humanity. Fascinated by politics and history, science fiction and fantasy screenwriters and showrunners suffuse their scripts with real-world ideas of empire, war, civilization, and culture, lending episodes a compelling intricacy and contemporary resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDyson argues that science fiction and fantasy television creators share a fundamental kinship with great minds in international relations. Screenwriters like Gene Roddenberry, George R. R. Martin, and Ronald D. Moore are world-builders of no lesser creativity, Dyson argues, than theorists such as Woodrow Wilson, Kenneth Waltz, and Alexander Wendt. Each of these thinkers imagines a realm, specifies the rules of its operation, and by so doing shows us something about ourselves and how we interact with one another. Combining intellectual and real-world history with lucid theoretical analysis, the book is a vital challenge to scholars and a spur to creative thinking for fans of these three influential shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Benedict Dyson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421417165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Benedict Dyson\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of political science at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blair Identity: Leadership and Foreign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeaders in Conflict: Bush and Rumsfeld in Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44435153158259,"sku":"9781421417165","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3a3db65b-9848-430a-8488-83529f1f4b50.jpg?v=1772806915","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/otherworldly-politics-the-international-relations-of-star-trek-game-of-thrones-and-battlestar-galactica-9781421417165","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}