Metaphysics versus Scientism
Star Trek, Star Wars, and the Science of Justice
by
George A. Gonzalez (Author) 
©2026
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Summary
George A. Gonzalez demonstrates that Georg Hegel (1770-1831) is the philosopher of the Enlightenment and of science. Analytic philosophers consider themselves philosophers of science. Gonzalez shows that Hegel philosophically grounds the Enlightenment, whereas the “science” of analytic philosophers (scientism) results in the anti-Enlightenment (genetic political reasoning). Karl Marx (1818-1883) placed class conflict at the center of the Enlightenment. The series Andor (2022—) brings class politics/repression to the Star Wars franchise. Hegel, Marx, and Star Trek are about the science of justice.
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- Publication Year
- 2026
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783034359009
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Enlightenment Anti-Enlightenment continental philosophy analytic philosophy physicalism epistemology metaphysics scientism literary criticism television studies Georg Hegel Karl Marx Marxism Trump politics the alt-right Star Trek Star Wars
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Biographical notes
George A. Gonzalez (Author)
George A. Gonzalez teaches political science at the University of Miami. He received his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1997. Some of his works are Star Trek and Popular Culture: Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s and Star Trek and Star Wars: The Enlightenment vs the Anti-Enlightenment, Star Trek and the Philosophy of Entertainment, and The Anti-Enlightenment in Popular Culture (all published by Peter Lang).
