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In the preceding chapter, I outlined how a progressive ontology/teleology informs the Star Trek franchise. Nevertheless, there is a notable shift in Star Trek that occurs between the original series and The Next Generations. This chapter focuses on this shift. Importantly, the original series sought to directly comment on US foreign policy and the Cold War, whereas The Next Generation explicitly forewent these issues. Moreover, while the original series hinted at the clash of civilizations between the Federation, the Klingons, and the Romulans,1 The Next Generation centers its narrative on this clash, and the idea that the world system is inherently unstable—as are the politics of the developing world. Very significantly, The Next Generation expands on the original series’ notions of social justice and universalism.
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Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996);
Martin Hall and Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, eds., Civilization Identity (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
Daniel Leonard Bernardi, Star Trek and History: Race-ing toward a White Future (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1998), chapter 4.
Christian Domenig, “Klingons: Going Medieval on You,” in Star Trek and History, ed. Nancy R. Reagin (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2013), 295.
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Gonzalez, G.A. (2015). Star Trek, American Military Policy, and the Developing World. In: The Politics of Star Trek. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137546326_4
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