Vulcans vs Nazis: Why fascism always wins in film (Deree Sociology Week 2017)

Bit of a change of pace! I had the honor to be asked to speak at the American College of Greece (Deree) for Sociology Week. The theme was Social Causes and Impact of Populism and Extremism, which gave me the opportunity to break out the Nazis-in-film material I’ve unsuccessfully been trying to condense into a short-enough video. This talk was for an audience of Greek sociology students and faculty (Deree doesn’t have a film department). They were all lovely and responsive, so definitely listen through to the Q&A.

In this twenty-minute talk, I discuss the figure of the Nazi in pop culture from Star Trek to Fight Club, as well as where Hollywood leaves us vulnerable to fascist ideology in disguise.

You can find a full transcript at my blog here:
https://plainflavoredenglish.com/2017/04/06/121/

Additional viewing:
Folding Ideas, “Fight Club and Toxic Masculinity”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td88z08a_4c

Additional reading:
Sabine Hake, “Screen Nazis”
Umberto Eco, “Ur-Fascism”
David Grevin, “Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek: Allegories of Desire in the Television Series and Films”

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