The anti-enlightenment in popular culture : Greed, hate, Star Wars, and Star Trek / George A. Gonzalez.

Cover
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Greed and the Politics of Hate
Popular Culture and the Anti-Enlightenment
Wealth Addiction and Star Trek
The Anti-Enlightenment as Authoritarianism
The Anti-Justice of the Anti-Enlightenment
Conclusion and Book Overview
Chapter 2. The Clone Wars as Anti-Enlightenment Text
Elite Hegemony in Clone Wars
The Politics of Hate
The Politics of Corruption
American Capitalist Elites in Star Trek
Hate as a Politics
The Nation-State in Clone Wars
The Progressive Dialectic of Star Trek
Star Trek and Capitalism

Neoliberalism
Conclusion
Chapter 3. American Politics: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment
The "Great American Melting Pot"
Star Trek and Conservative Politics
The "Friend/Foe" Dichotomy and Star Trek
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Popular Culture and Trump Politics
The Politics of Neoliberalism
The Politics of Will to Power (or Supermen)
The Rejection of Neoliberalist Politics, Values
Conclusion
Chapter 5. The Politics of Anger in Neoliberalism: Star Trek, The Expanse, and Veep
The Neoliberal United Federation of Planets?
The Politics of Anger

Extreme Poverty, Economic Exploitation, and Will to Power Politics
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Fascism or Authoritarianism?
Star Trek and the Politics of Authoritarianism
Anti-Communism as a Politics of Hate
Star Trek as a Critique of Nazism
Anti-Communism as Anti-Bolshevism
The Cold War and Empire
Conclusion
Conclusion Hate: Pragmatic or Cynical?
Bibliography
Index