The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future

The Star Trek franchise reflects, conveys, and comments upon the key philosophical tensions of the modern era. This book details the manner in which these tensions and controversies are manifested in Star Trek across its iterations, arguing that Star Trek offers an indispensable contribution to our understanding of politics in the modern era.

Author: George A. Gonzalez
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/21/2015
Pages: 219
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781137549402

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2016

About the Author
George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, USA. He is the author of numerous books including Urban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital (2009), Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States (2012), and Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic (2013). He is co-editor of Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking (1997), which won the 1998 Lynton Caldwell Book Award, given by the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy section of the American Political Science Association. Professor Gonzalez's work in the field of Star Trek Studies has been published in Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction.