The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture: Greed, Hate, Star Wars, and Star Trek, 1st Edition eBook

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In The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture, author George A. Gonzalez argues that the politics of greed and hate lie at the center of the long twentieth century. Using the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, he postulates that within the Anti-Enlightenment mode of thought, history is a cycle between the stability imposed by elites and the instability created by capitalism and an economy founded on greed. Greed corrupts institutions and victimizes people as well as communities, creating hate, anger, and political instability. In contexts of such instability, elites seeking to maintain or establish political stability direct hate at the ‘other’. This compelling book will appeal to students and researchers in political theory, global politics, and media studies, as well as general readers interested in how popular culture reflects the politics of our times.

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The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture: Greed, Hate, Star Wars, and Star Trek 1st Edition is written by George A. Gonzalez and published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture are 9781636678603, 1636678602 and the print ISBNs are 9781636678573, 1636678572. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781636678597.