Space Expansionism and Criminology
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Space Expansionism and Criminology

The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm, and Violence

  1. 254 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Space Expansionism and Criminology

The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm, and Violence

About this book

We have entered a recent zeitgeist, the era of the "new space age", driven by billionaires, technological advancements, and a few dominating state powers. While the race to space may be said to offer "new" opportunities for "humanity", we ask, is it predicated on the same logics and historical patterns of the past? This question guides our approach and critical assessment of human expansionism into space. Space Expansionism and Criminology: The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm, and Violence offers readers a critical analysis of space expansionism and today's race to space that has come to define our contemporary era. Taking a retrospective and prospective approach, we delve into the choices being made, the justifications being offered, and those excluded from the hegemonic discourse of the benefits of humans as extraplanetary beings. Space Expansionism and Criminology includes chapters on the historical roots of today's space race, weaponization and realpolitik, space junk and debris, space mining and resource extrapolation, the burgeoning space tourism market, the manufacturing of space nostalgia from the 1950s through today, and efforts towards, and claims-making for, space colonization to save Earth and humanity.

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Yes, you can access Space Expansionism and Criminology by Dawn L. Rothe,Victoria E. Collins in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Philosophy & Ethics in Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Space Expansionism
  10. 3 Manufacturing of Space Nostalgia
  11. 4 Planetary Politics and Space Weaponization
  12. 5 Space Junk
  13. 6 Space Mining
  14. 7 Space Tourism
  15. 8 Space Colonization or Space Colonialization?
  16. 9 The Marketing and Selling of a Utopic Future for All
  17. Concluding Thoughts
  18. Index