{"product_id":"9781421417172","title":"Otherworldly Politics: The International Relations of Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and Battlestar Galactica","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOtherworldly Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Benedict Dyson examines the fictional but deeply political realities of three television shows: \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDyson explains how these shows offer alternative histories and future possibilities for humanity. Fascinated by politics and history, science fiction and fantasy screenwriters and showrunners suffuse their scripts with real-world ideas of empire, war, civilization, and culture, lending episodes a compelling intricacy and contemporary resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDyson argues that science fiction and fantasy television creators share a fundamental kinship with great minds in international relations. Screenwriters like Gene Roddenberry, George R. R. Martin, and Ronald D. Moore are world-builders of no lesser creativity, Dyson argues, than theorists such as Woodrow Wilson, Kenneth Waltz, and Alexander Wendt. Each of these thinkers imagines a realm, specifies the rules of its operation, and by so doing shows us something about ourselves and how we interact with one another. Combining intellectual and real-world history with lucid theoretical analysis, the book is a vital challenge to scholars and a spur to creative thinking for fans of these three influential shows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153163239664,"sku":"9781421417172","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781421417172_p0.jpg?v=1769899205","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421417172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}