The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture: Greed, Hate, Star Wars, and Star Trek

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The Enlightenment/anti-Enlightenment core schism is what should be the core economic motive of modern society:greed or justice.From the (economic) dyad of greed/justice follows the politics of hate versus reason.

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In The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture, author George A. Gonzalez argues that the politics of greed and hate lie at the center of the long twentieth century. Using the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, he postulates that within the Anti-Enlightenment mode of thought, history is a cycle between the stability imposed by elites and the instability created by capitalism and an economy founded on greed. Greed corrupts institutions and victimizes people as well as communities, creating hate, anger, and political instability. In contexts of such instability, elites seeking to maintain or establish political stability direct hate at the 'other'. This compelling book will appeal to students and researchers in political theory, global politics, and media studies, as well as general readers interested in how popular culture reflects the politics of our times.

Author Biography

George A. Gonzalez (Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1997) is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He is the author of Star Trek and Popular Culture: Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s, Star Trek and Star Wars: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment, and Star Trek and the Philosophy of Entertainment (all published by Peter Lang).

Table of Contents

Greed and the Politics of Hate – The Clone Wars as Anti-Enlightenment Text – American Politics: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment – Popular Culture and Trump Politics – The Politics of Anger in Neoliberalism: Star Trek, The Expanse, and Veep – Fascism or Authoritarianism? – Hate: Pragmatic or Cynical? – Bibliography – Index.

Details ISBN1636678572 Author George A. Gonzalez Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc Edition Description New edition Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781636678573 Format Hardcover Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc Subtitle Greed, Hate, Star Wars, and Star Trek Country of Publication United States DEWEY 791.4575 Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 110 Publication Date 2024-09-30 US Release Date 2024-09-30 ISBN-10 1636678572 UK Release Date 2024-09-30 We've got this

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