Personal heroism through fact and fiction: Safeguarding truth and freedom in the utopia of star trek and the whistle-blowing of Edward Snowden

Comerford, C

Personal heroism through fact and fiction: Safeguarding truth and freedom in the utopia of star trek and the whistle-blowing of Edward Snowden

Comerford, C

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Citation:: Heroism and Wellbeing in the 21st Century: Applied and Emerging Perspectives, 2018, 1st Edition, pp. 86 - 100
Issue Date:: 2018

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dc.contributor.author	Comerford, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Heroism and Wellbeing in the 21st Century: Applied and Emerging Perspectives, 2018, 1st Edition, pp. 86 - 100	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781315409023	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	This chapter scrutinizes popular perceptions of heroism through the act of personal truth-telling. It does so by conducting an analysis of a real-world example through the lens of one from popular culture; namely, the whistle-blowing of clandestine US surveillance programs by former NSA worker Edward Snowden for the former, with the egalitarian values and moral certitude of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation for the latter. Through the work of utopian scholar Fredric Jameson, the chapter also locates the value of using an older text to articulate a newer example through a process of reverse historicization.	en_US
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dc.title	Personal heroism through fact and fiction: Safeguarding truth and freedom in the utopia of star trek and the whistle-blowing of Edward Snowden	en_US
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Abstract:

This chapter scrutinizes popular perceptions of heroism through the act of personal truth-telling. It does so by conducting an analysis of a real-world example through the lens of one from popular culture; namely, the whistle-blowing of clandestine US surveillance programs by former NSA worker Edward Snowden for the former, with the egalitarian values and moral certitude of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation for the latter. Through the work of utopian scholar Fredric Jameson, the chapter also locates the value of using an older text to articulate a newer example through a process of reverse historicization.

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