CONTENTS
1 PREFACE: A Piece of
American Popular Culture
2 STAR TREK: CONTENTS, IDEAS AND MEANING
2 STAR TREK: CONTENTS, IDEAS AND MEANING
2.1 DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION
2.1.1 Approach to
Gene Roddenberry
2.1.2 The Idea: "Where no man has gone before"
2.1.3 The Production: Rejectment and Second Chance
2.1.4 The Public Opinion: Reviews and Reactions
2.1.2 The Idea: "Where no man has gone before"
2.1.3 The Production: Rejectment and Second Chance
2.1.4 The Public Opinion: Reviews and Reactions
2.2 GENERAL IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHICAL
APPROACH
2.2.1.1 The
Pioneer Spirit and The Frontier
2.2.1.2 The Necessity of Peace and Progress
2.2.1.3 Pluralism and the Can-Do Spirit
2.2.1.4 The Aspect of Non-Interference
2.2.1.2 The Necessity of Peace and Progress
2.2.1.3 Pluralism and the Can-Do Spirit
2.2.1.4 The Aspect of Non-Interference
2.2.2.1 Political
Situation
2.2.2.2 Racial Tensions
2.2.2.3 Fear of Communism and Cold War Period
2.2.2.4 The Vietnam War
2.2.2.2 Racial Tensions
2.2.2.3 Fear of Communism and Cold War Period
2.2.2.4 The Vietnam War
2.2.3.1 Genetic
Engineering in "Space Seed"
2.2.3.2 Racism in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
2.2.3.3 Overpopulation in "The Mark Of Gideon"
2.2.3.4 Immortality and Humanistic Values
2.2.3.2 Racism in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
2.2.3.3 Overpopulation in "The Mark Of Gideon"
2.2.3.4 Immortality and Humanistic Values
2.2.4 The
Unquestioned American Ideology
2.2.5 The Fan Movement
2.2.6 Star Trek: Science Fiction, Modern Myth or Utopia?
2.2.5 The Fan Movement
2.2.6 Star Trek: Science Fiction, Modern Myth or Utopia?
2.2.6.1 American Myths
and Classic Myths
2.2.6.2 Shakespeare as a Model
2.2.6.3 The Perfect Society of Utopia
2.2.6.4 The Unfulfilled Potential
2.2.6.2 Shakespeare as a Model
2.2.6.3 The Perfect Society of Utopia
2.2.6.4 The Unfulfilled Potential
Author: Daniel Zimmel 1998. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.