Battlestar Galactica and international relations

"Tackling some of the key contemporary issues in IR, the writers of BSG have taken on a range of important political themes and issues, including the legitimacy of military government, the tactical utility of genocide, and even the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence technolog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge 2013.
Colección:Popular culture and world politics
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Acceso en línea:Acceso restringido con credenciales, usuarios UPSA
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: circulating on board the Battlestar
  • Critical humanism: theory, methodology, and Battlestar Galactica
  • Religion in sort of a global sense: the relevance of religious practices for political community in Battlestar Galactica and beyond
  • Narrating identity, techno-rational subsumption and micropolitics in international relations and Battlestar Galactica
  • Machines that matter: the politics and ethics of "unnatural" bodies
  • Critical reflections on Battlestar Galactica and the hyperreal genocide
  • So say who all? cosmopolitanism, hybridity, and colonialism in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
  • Security or human security? civil-military relations in Battlestar Galactica
  • Cylons in Baghdad: experiencing counter-insurgency in Battlestar Galactica
  • Seeing others: Battlestar Galactica's portrayal of insurgents at a time of war
  • Conclusion.