Spaceships and politics [[electronic resource] ] : the political theory of Rod Serling / / Leslie Dale Feldman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785321903321
• Autore: Feldman Leslie Dale
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-92202-5; 9786612922022; 0-7391-5050-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.45/72; 791.4572
• Soggetti: Television programs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; Human Nature; 2; The Individual and the State; 3; Fascism and Modernity; 4; Magic and Optimism; Bibliography; Twilight Zone Episode Guide; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. This book looks at Serling's mechanistic view of the world and emphasis on fear through Hobbesian themes like diffidence and automata.