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Spaceships and politics : the political theory of Rod Serling / Leslie Dale Feldman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feldman, Leslie Dale.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Serling, Rod, 1924-1975--Criticism and interpretation.
- Serling, Rod.
- Twilight zone (Television program : 1959-1964).
- Television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Spaceships and Politics: The Political Theory of Rod Serling examines the political themes in The Twilight Zone. In this unique show, Rod Serling used fantasy and the supernatural to explore political ideas such as capital punishment, the individual and the state, war, conformity, the state of nature, prejudice, and alienation. He used aliens and machines to understand human nature. This book looks at Serling's mechanistic view of the world and emphasis on fear through Hobbesian themes like diffidence and automata.
- Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; Human Nature; 2; The Individual and the State; 3; Fascism and Modernity; 4; Magic and Optimism; Bibliography; Twilight Zone Episode Guide; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-92202-5
- 9786612922022
- 0-7391-5050-2
- OCLC:
- 699507803
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