Souls, the Final Frontier: Human Intuitions of Mind in Star Trek
In this article, the author investigates the religiously resonant nature of aspects of certain narratives within the popular science fiction mythology of Star Trek as well as the implications of the religiosity implicit in that mythology. Drawing on literature from social and evolutionary psychology...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2016]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Jahr: 2016, Band: 28, Heft: 2/3, Seiten: 81-92 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Star trek
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität NBG Pneumatologie; Heiliger Geist |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
James Kirk
B Gene Roddenberry B Soul B Narrative B Philosophy of religion B Popular Culture B Philosophy of Mind B psychology of religion B Star Trek B Science Fiction |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this article, the author investigates the religiously resonant nature of aspects of certain narratives within the popular science fiction mythology of Star Trek as well as the implications of the religiosity implicit in that mythology. Drawing on literature from social and evolutionary psychology as well as popular culture studies, the author claims that various Star Trek series both explicitly and implicitly utilize the religiously resonant concept of the soul. The use of the soul as a narrative device relies on most humans' psychological tendencies toward essentialist thinking and offline social reasoning. The author argues that by narratively affirming the idea of souls, Star Trek narratives occasionally constitute religiously resonant fantasy as opposed to depicting a fully rationalist and non-religious human future, as some anti-religionists argue. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.28.2-3.3081 |