An Evening with George Gonzalez and the UM Center for the Humanities

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Mon Dec 08 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

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Books & Books | Coral Gables, FL

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Join us for an evening with George Gonzalez to discuss THE ANTI-ENLIGHTENMENT IN POPULAR CULTURE
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Books & Books and the University of Miami Center for the Humanities are proud to present an evening with George Gonzalez discussing The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture: Greed, Hate, Star Wars, and Star Trek (Peter Lang Inc, $62.34)

***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event. Can't make the event?


About the Book:

In The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture, author George A. Gonzalez argues that the politics of greed and hate lie at the center of the long twentieth century. Using the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, he postulates that within the Anti-Enlightenment mode of thought, history is a cycle between the stability imposed by elites and the instability created by capitalism and an economy founded on greed. Greed corrupts institutions and victimizes people as well as communities, creating hate, anger, and political instability. In contexts of such instability, elites seeking to maintain or establish political stability direct hate at the 'other'.This compelling book will appeal to students and researchers in political theory, global politics, and media studies, as well as general readers interested in how popular culture reflects the politics of our times.


About the Author:

George A. Gonzalez (Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1997) is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He is the author of Star Trek and Popular Culture: Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s, Star Trek and Star Wars: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment, and Star Trek and the Philosophy of Entertainment (all published by Peter Lang).


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