George A. Gonzalez 
The Politics of Star Trek 
Justice, War, and the Future

The Star Trek franchise reflects, conveys, and comments upon the key philosophical tensions of the modern era. This book details the manner in which these tensions and controversies are manifested in Star Trek across its iterations, arguing that Star Trek offers an indispensable contribution to our understanding of politics in the modern era.

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George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, USA. He is the author of numerous books including 
Urban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital (2009),
Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States (2012), and
Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic (2013). He is co-editor of
Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking (1997), which won the 1998 Lynton Caldwell Book Award, given by the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy section of the American Political Science Association. Professor Gonzalez’s work in the field of Star Trek Studies has been published in
Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction.