Leslie Dale Feldman

Spaceships and Politics

The Political Theory of Rod Serling

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Produktbeschreibung

Spaceships and Politics: The Political Theory of Rod Serling examines the political themes in The Twilight Zone. In this unique show, Rod Serling used fantasy and the supernatural to explore political ideas such as capital punishment, the individual and the state, war, conformity, the state of nature, prejudice, and alienation. He used aliens and machines to understand human nature. This book looks at Serling's mechanistic view of the world and emphasis on fear through Hobbesian themes like diffidence and automata.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9780739120446
• ISBN-10: 0739120441
• Artikelnr.: 30625422

Autorenporträt

By Leslie Dale Feldman

Inhaltsangabe

1 Acknowledgments 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Human Nature 4 The state of
nature-Hobbesian roots 5 Fear 6 Greed 7 Glory 8 Competition and
Belligerence 9 State of Nature- Rousseau 10 To Serve Man Chapter 11 2 The
Individual and the State 12 Conformity 13 Capital punishment 14 Justice and
the law 15 War 16 Does size matter Chapter 17 3 Fascism and Modernity 18
Automata- I Sing the Body Electric 19 The Bandshell and the swimming pool
20 Fascism and Dictatorship 21 The Cold War 22 Prejudice 23 Nuclear war 24
Alienation Chapter 25 4 Magic and Optimism 26 Magic 27 The Allegory of the
cave 28 Conclusion