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Justice and popular culture : Star Trek as philosophical text / George A. Gonzalez.

Van Pelt Library JC578 .G657 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gonzalez, George A., 1969- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Justice.
Common good.
Star Trek television programs--Political aspects.
Star Trek television programs.
Star trek (Television program).
Physical Description:
v, 119 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Summary:
"This book examines how humanity faces the absence of a coherent, universal conception of justice. By analyzing Star Trek, this book argues that in order to obtain true democracy and justice the productive forces of society must be geared toward achieving a thriving society, the whole individual, and the ecology"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction
Analytic philosophy as anti-justice
Modernity and the Trump Turn
Neoliberalist world system as Dystopia
Grievance studies
The metaphysics debate
Star Trek and the Marxist theory of the state
Art as liberation
Conclusion: A future only if there is justice.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Gonzalez, George A., Justice and popular culture
ISBN:
9781793602411
1793602417
OCLC:
1106076863

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