Sebastian Stoppe: Is Star Trek Utopia?

Cover: 9781476686363 | Is Star Trek Utopia? | Investigating a Perfect Future | Stoppe | Buch

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Beschreibung

Star Trek has transcended science fiction through its use of elements that have crucial roles in classical utopian tradition. New technologies change a civilization, a miniature society unfolds on a spaceship, and an android teaches humanity. Star Trek has been answering many questions about our own world for 50+ years, and since the days of Captain Kirk, the franchise has become one of the world's best-known cultural phenomena.
This book documents what the Star Trek franchise has in common with classic utopias. Chapters analyze how technology changes society and how the Federation embodies utopian ideals. Also explored are the political relations among alien species that reflect past and present conflicts in our real world and how the Borg resembles an anti-utopian society.

Über den Autor

Sebastian Stoppe is a media scholar and project manager at Leipzig University Library. He has published several works on Star Trek, other television and film studies, especially on film scoring, and on computer game studies. He lives in Leipzig, Germany.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface¿1

Introduction: Why Star Trek Matters¿5

1.¿The Meaning of Utopia ¿11

2.¿How Technology Changes Society¿41

3.¿Life in Space: Utopia on a Ship¿57

4.¿Politics in Star Trek¿73

5.¿Anti-Utopia: The Borg¿125

6.¿Post-Utopia: Does Star Trek Become Darker?¿141

7.¿How Utopian Is Star Trek?¿158

Chapter Notes¿165

Works Cited¿175

Index¿191

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Fotografie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781476686363
ISBN-10:	147668636X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Stoppe, Sebastian
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Sebastian Stoppe
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.07.2022
Gewicht:	0,343 kg