Joel R. Campbell, Gigi Gokcek

The Final Frontier (eBook, ePUB)

International Relations and Politics through Star Trek and Star Wars

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The proposed book uses the Star Trek television/movie and Star Wars movie series to explain key international relations (IR) concepts and theories. It begins with an overview of the importance of science fiction in literature and film/television. It then presents the development of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, and discusses how their progression through time has illustrated key IR theories and concepts. As a bonus, it compares the two franchises to another recent science fiction franchise used to teach IR (Battlestar Galactica).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498555265
• Artikelnr.: 56801749

Autorenporträt

Joel R. Campbell is associate professor of political science at Troy University.

Gigi Gokcek is associate professor of political science at Dominican University of California.

Inhaltsangabe

Chap. 1 A Tool for Understanding IR: The Meaning and Magic of Science
Fiction
Chap. 2 The Force is with us: An Overview of International Relations
Theories
Chap. 3 Roddenberry's Dream: Liberalism/Neo-liberalism and Star Trek
Chap. 4 The Fall and Rise of Republics: Liberalism, Realism and Star Wars
Chap. 5 Morgenthau, Kirk and Khan: Realism/Neo-realism and Star Trek
Chap. 6: Aliens of the Galaxy Unite! Marxist/Radical and Constitutive
Approaches in Star Wars and Star Trek
Chap. 7: IR and Battlestar Galactica: From Disco Era Fantasy to Gritty
Post-9/11 Reality