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Capital and the Cosmos - War, Society and the Quest for Profit (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
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Capital and the Cosmos - War, Society and the Quest for Profit (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
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This book offers a new understanding of society's relations with
the cosmos. Entrepreneurs such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk receive
a great deal of publicity, but offer unlikely and implausible
visions of space tourism for the general public. Meanwhile,
asteroids are seen as 'rare materials' which will be extracted and
used to produce untold riches for earthbound citizens. The reality
is rather different. First, there is no evidence that owners of
capital are attempting to extract 'rare' materials in the cosmos.
The costs would be 'out of this world'. But capital, not
governments, is determining how outer space should be used.
Capital's investments in aerospace companies are actively
determining forms of military interventions and the equipment used.
And satellite television pumps out forms of culture aimed at a
global audience. But these are being ignored and subverted by, for
example, indigenous peoples. In short, this book sets out a new
understanding of our relations with the cosmos. The forces of
capital are certainly powerful but at the same time they are being
challenged, subverted and even overturned.
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