TY  - BOOK
AU  - George Gonzalez
PY  - 2022
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433197710
TI  - Star Trek and Star Wars
T2  - The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment
DO  - 10.3726/b19760
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1247041
N2  - In Star Trek and Star Wars: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment, George A. Gonzalez shows that these two behemoths of popular culture put the Enlightenment and anti-Enlightenment before the viewing public. Star Trek is arguably the popular culture vehicle most reflective of the Enlightenment: a belief in political and social progress, leading to a society that is modern, classless, and totally free of gender and ethnic biases. The Star Wars franchise, meanwhile, is seemingly the artistic embodiment of the anti-Enlightenment: societal progress (to the extent that it occurs) is solely a function of technology and not a perfecting of justice and fairness. Gonzalez shows that this reflects the pessimism and demoralization underlying the Trump phenomenon and the rise of anti-democratic, virulent nationalism.
KW  - Star Trek, Star Wars, the Enlightenment, the Anti-Enlightenment, popular culture, television, movies, U.S. Containment Policy, Donald J. Trump politics, George A. Gonzalez, Clash of Civilizations
LA  - English
ER  -