Battlestar Galactica and international relations [electronic resource] / edited by Nicholas J. Kiersey and Iver B. Neumann.

Contributor(s): Neumann, Iver B | Kiersey, Nicholas JMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Popular culture and world politicsPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013Description: xiv, 222 pISBN: 9780203070055 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Battlestar Galactica (Television program : 2004-2009) | Television programs -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to view Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction : circulating on board the Battlestar / Nicholas J. Kiersey and Iver B. Neumann -- 2. Critical humanism : theory, methodology, and Battlestar Galactica / Patrick Thaddeus Jackson -- 3. 'Religion in sort of a global sense' : the relevance of religious practices for political community in Battlestar Galactica and beyond / Iver B. Neumann -- 4. 'The future of humanity begins with a choice' : narrating techno-rational subsumption and micropolitics in international relations and Battlestar Galactica / Nicholas J. Kiersey -- 5. Machines that matter : the politics and ethics of unnatural bodies / Lauren Wilcox -- 6. 'And they have a plan' : critical reflections on Battlestar Galactica and the hyperreal genocide / Jon D. Bohland -- 7. So say who all? : cosmopolitanism, hybridity, and colonialism in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica / Derek Maisonville -- 8. Security or human security? : civil-military relations in Battlestar Galactica / Charli Carpenter, Hrvoje Cvijanovic and Wesley Mason -- 9. Cylons in Baghdad : experiencing counter-insurgency in Battlestar Galactica / Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen -- 10. Seeing others : Battlestar Galactica's portrayal of insurgents at a time of war / Jesse Crane-Seeber -- 11. Interpret this volume! : what we've learned about Battlestar Galactica's international relations scholar-fans / Peter S. Henne and Daniel H. Nexon.
Summary: 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 technologies for the very category of what it means to be 'human'. The contributors in this book explore in depth the argument that one of the most important aspects of popular culture is to naturalize or normalise a certain social order by further entrenching the expectations of social behaviour upon which our mentalities of rule are founded-- Provided by publisher.
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1. Introduction : circulating on board the Battlestar / Nicholas J. Kiersey and Iver B. Neumann -- 2. Critical humanism : theory, methodology, and Battlestar Galactica / Patrick Thaddeus Jackson -- 3. 'Religion in sort of a global sense' : the relevance of religious practices for political community in Battlestar Galactica and beyond / Iver B. Neumann -- 4. 'The future of humanity begins with a choice' : narrating techno-rational subsumption and micropolitics in international relations and Battlestar Galactica / Nicholas J. Kiersey -- 5. Machines that matter : the politics and ethics of unnatural bodies / Lauren Wilcox -- 6. 'And they have a plan' : critical reflections on Battlestar Galactica and the hyperreal genocide / Jon D. Bohland -- 7. So say who all? : cosmopolitanism, hybridity, and colonialism in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica / Derek Maisonville -- 8. Security or human security? : civil-military relations in Battlestar Galactica / Charli Carpenter, Hrvoje Cvijanovic and Wesley Mason -- 9. Cylons in Baghdad : experiencing counter-insurgency in Battlestar Galactica / Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen -- 10. Seeing others : Battlestar Galactica's portrayal of insurgents at a time of war / Jesse Crane-Seeber -- 11. Interpret this volume! : what we've learned about Battlestar Galactica's international relations scholar-fans / Peter S. Henne and Daniel H. Nexon.

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 technologies for the very category of what it means to be 'human'. The contributors in this book explore in depth the argument that one of the most important aspects of popular culture is to naturalize or normalise a certain social order by further entrenching the expectations of social behaviour upon which our mentalities of rule are founded-- Provided by publisher.

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