Spaceships and Politics
The Political Theory of Rod Serling
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Science Fiction, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Leslie Dale Feldman | ISBN: | 9780739150504 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | October 11, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Leslie Dale Feldman |
| ISBN: | 9780739150504 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | October 11, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
