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Title:
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Astrotopia : the dangerous religion of the corporate space race
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Authors:
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Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-226-83338-5
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Format:
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xii, 225 p. / ill.
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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BL254
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Subjects:
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Colonies--Religious aspects
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Outer space--Exploration--Moral and ethical aspects
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Religion and astronautics
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Description:
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"We are in the midst of a new space race that pairs billionaire space barons with governments in an effort to exploit the cosmos for human gain. While Elon Musk and SpaceX work to establish a human presence on Mars, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin work toward mining operations on the moon, missions to asteroids to extract resources, and millions of people living in rotating near-Earth satellite dwellings. Despite the differences in their visions, these two billionaires share a core utopian project: the salvation of humanity though the colonization of space. But we have already seen the destructive effects of this frontier spirit in the centuries-long history of European colonialism. Philosopher of religion and space enthusiast Mary-Jane Rubenstein wants to pull back the curtain on the not-so-new myths these space barons are peddling. In Astrotopia, she explains why these myths are so problematic and offers a vision for how we might approach the exploration of space in ways that don't reproduce the atrocities of humanity's previous colonial endeavors"-- Provided by publisher
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Format :
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In print
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