Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Rubenstein, Mary-Jane
Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Rubenstein, Mary-Jane

Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race

A revealing look at the parallel mythologies behind the colonization of Earth and space--and a bold vision...
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Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Rubenstein, Mary-Jane

Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race

$43.50
Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Rubenstein, Mary-Jane

Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race

$43.50
Author: Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A revealing look at the parallel mythologies behind the colonization of Earth and space--and a bold vision for a more equitable, responsible future both on and beyond our planet.

As environmental, political, and public health crises multiply on Earth, we are also at the dawn of a new space race in which governments team up with celebrity billionaires to exploit the cosmos for human gain. The best-known of these pioneers are selling different visions of the future: while Elon Musk and SpaceX seek to establish a human presence on Mars, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin work toward moving millions of earthlings into rotating near-Earth habitats. Despite these distinctions, these two billionaires share a core utopian project: the salvation of humanity through the exploitation of space.

In Astrotopia, philosopher of science and religion Mary-Jane Rubenstein pulls back the curtain on the not-so-new myths these space barons are peddling, like growth without limit, energy without guilt, and salvation in a brand-new world. As Rubenstein reveals, we have already seen the destructive effects of this frontier zealotry in the centuries-long history of European colonialism. Much like the imperial project on Earth, this renewed effort to conquer space is presented as a religious calling: in the face of a coming apocalypse, some very wealthy messiahs are offering an other-worldly escape to a chosen few. But Rubenstein does more than expose the values of capitalist technoscience as the product of bad mythologies. She offers a vision of exploring space without reproducing the atrocities of earthly colonialism, encouraging us to find and even make stories that put cosmic caretaking over profiteering.

Author: Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 02/28/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780226833385

About the Author
Mary-Jane Rubenstein is dean of the social sciences and professor of religion and science in society at Wesleyan University. She is coauthor of Image: Three Inquiries in Imagination and Technology, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and the author of Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters; Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse; and Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe.
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