TY - BOOK AU - Kiersey,Nicholas J. AU - Neumann,Iver B TI - Battlestar Galactica and international relations T2 - Popular culture and world politics SN - 9781138796393 AV - PN 1992.77.B354 B37.2014 PY - 2014///, CY - London, New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Battlestar Galactica (Television program : 2004-2009) KW - Battlestar Galactica (Programa de televisión: 2004-2009) KW - Television programs KW - Political aspects KW - Programas de televisión KW - Aspectos políticos N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice N2 - "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" ER -