Absolute and Star Trek

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvGeorge A. Gonzalez

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This volume explains how Star Trek allows viewers to comprehend significant aspects of Georg Hegel’s concept the absolute, the driving force behind history. Gonzalez, with wit and wisdom, explains how Star Trek exhibits central elements of the absolute.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-07-13
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor116
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319838267

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George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, USA. He specializes in the fields of political theory, popular culture, and environmental politics and policy. In the areas of popular culture and political theory he has published two articles in the journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, as well as the book The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future.

1. Introduction.- 2. Analytic Philosophy and Star Trek.- 3. Speculation in Star Trek.- 4. The Progressive Dialectic of Star Trek.- 5. Star Trek and False Infinities.- 6. Star Trek and Language: Dasein or Speculation?.- 7. Star Trek: Prejudice versus Universal Rationality.- 8. Star Trek: Voyager: Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism as False Infinities.- 9. Zombies, Star Trek, and International Relations.- 10. Conclusion: The Inviability of Analytic Philosophy, as well as Bad and False Infinities.