A Different Trek:
Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine
In A Different Trek, geographer David K. Seitz offers the first full-length interpretation of the rich political world-building of Deep Space Nine (1993-1999), Star Trek’s prescient but often-overlooked fourth series. Building on previous studies of race, capitalism, and geopolitics in Star Trek, Seitz argues forcefully against the tidy bracketing of “domestic” movements for racial justice from global anticapitalist and anticolonial struggles, contributing both to science fiction studies and to geography’s rich engagement with critical ethnic studies.
cover art by Will Burrows
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
“Clear-eyed and thoughtful, A Different ‘Trek’ is the close read of Deep Space Nine that we have been waiting for, built on respect and recognition of the Black intellectual and radical work foundational to both the field of cultural studies and the art of generations of Black Star Trek actors.”
Adam Kotsko, author of Neoliberalism’s Demons: On the Political Theology of Late Capital