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George A. Gonzalez - Popular Culture, Conspiracy Theory, and the Star Trek Text, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Popular Culture, Conspiracy Theory, and the Star Trek Text

Av George A. Gonzalez

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Beskrivning
The forward progress of society is not automatic and should not be taken for granted. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 can be viewed as ending his effort to deploy American prestige and power to forward change worldwide. Today, there are political forces seeking to stop progressive social, political, and economic change. Whatever the reasons, such forces are conspiring to impose authoritarianism to suppress the public’s desire for just, democratic government. The brutality, violence, viciousness, and racism (dystopia) of authoritarianism are becoming more and more the hallmark of world politics. Perhaps the most glaring aspect of this dystopia is the fact that the American state has been almost continuously at war for the past thirty years—including a sinister, dastardly drone assassination program. One means to obscure the ongoing conspiracy to ultimately impose outright dictatorship on the American people and the rest of the world, is to smear and malign critics of this conspiracy as guilty of conspiracy theory—advocating and embracing baseless fantasies.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-03-04
  • Mått: 161 x 230 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 349 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 116
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781793616401
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George A. Gonzalez is professor of political science at the University of Miami.

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“Popular Culture, Conspiracy Theory, and the Star Trek Text is a timely and provocative book written against a background of contemporary American politics, where so much public discussion revolves around conspiracy theories and allegations of conspiracy. Gonzalez makes an important distinction between conspiracy theories, which are elaborate and unsubstantiated narratives, as compared to actual conspiracies, where corporate and political elites covertly engage in illegal or unethical actions to advance their interests at the expense of the American people. The author deploys the Star Trek text to illustrate how charges of conspiracy theory are frequently deployed by elites to discourage the investigation of elite misconduct and to question the mental state of those who engage in legitimate critical thinking about the corruption of capitalist and state elites.”

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