LEADER 03532oam 2200649I 450 001 9910786279503321 005 20230803025340.0 010 $a0-203-07005-4 010 $a1-299-16055-7 010 $a1-135-08969-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203070055 035 $a(CKB)2670000000331426 035 $a(EBL)1128264 035 $a(OCoLC)829461221 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821600 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11974591 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821600 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10878972 035 $a(PQKB)10162983 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1128264 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1128264 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10660661 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL447305 035 $a(OCoLC)828627723 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134019 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000331426 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBattlestar Galactica and international relations /$fedited by Nicholas J. Kiersey and Iver B. Neumann 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 1 $aPopular culture and world politics 225 0$aPopular culture and world politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-79639-5 311 $a0-415-63281-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $a"Tackling some of the key contemporary issues in IR, the writers of BSG have taken on a range of important political themes and issues, including the legitimacy of military government, the tactical utility of genocide, and even the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence technologies for the very category of what it means to be 'human'. The contributors in this book explore in depth the argument that one of the most important aspects of popular culture is to naturalize or normalise a certain social order by further entrenching the expectations of social behaviour upon which our mentalities of rule are founded"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aPopular Culture and World Politics 606 $aTelevision programs$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aTelevision programs$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a791.45/72 686 $aPOL000000$aSOC032000$2bisacsh 701 $aKiersey$b Nicholas J$01484157 701 $aNeumann$b Iver B$0678139 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786279503321 996 $aBattlestar Galactica and international relations$93702702 997 $aUNINA