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