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Spaceships and Politics
The Political Theory of Rod Serling
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2010
Summary
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. While the themes in The Twilight Zone often reflected political concerns of the time, like the Cold War and post-industrial technology, the messages had broader political implications. This book looks at Serling's mechanistic view of the world and emphasis on fear through Hobbesian themes like diffidence and automata.
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Edition
1/2010
Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2044-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5050-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
156
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 01. Human Nature No access Pages 11 - 54
Chapter 02. The Individual and the State No access Pages 55 - 82
Chapter 03. Fascism and Modernity No access Pages 83 - 118
Chapter 04. Magic and Optimism No access Pages 119 - 138
Bibliography No access Pages 139 - 140
Twilight Zone Episode Guide No access Pages 141 - 144
