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Title
Dissent, revolution and liberty beyond Earth [electronic resource] / Charles S. Cockell, editor.
ISBN
9783319293493 (electronic book)
3319293494 (electronic book)
9783319293479
Published
Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-29349-3 doi
Call Number
KZD1145
Dewey Decimal Classification
341.4/7
Summary
This volume provides an in-depth discussion on the central question - how can people express and survive dissent and disagreement in confined habitats in space? The discussion is an important one because it could be that the systems of inter-dependence required to survive in space are so strong that dissent becomes impossible. John Locke originally said that people have a right to use revolution to overthrow a despotic regime. But if revolution causes violence and damage that causes depressurisation with the risk of killing many people, is it even permissible to have a revolution? How then are people to express their liberty or dissatisfaction with their rulers? The emergence of structures of dissent and disagreement is an essential part of the construction of a framework of liberty in space (revolution is just the extreme example) and thus the topic deserves in-depth and immediate attention. Even today, the way in which we assemble organisations and corporations for the government and private exploration of space must take into account the need for mechanisms to allow people to express dissent.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 15, 2016).
Series
Space and society (Springer (Firm))
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319293479
Introduction: Dissent, Revolution and Liberty in Space
Future Generations and the Right to Dissent
Architects of Revolution: Design Philosophies to Maximise Extraterrestrial
Lunar Labor
Disobedience in Outer
Children and Dissent
Managing Teenage Sturm und Drang in
Art, Dissent and Revolution in Extraterrestrial
Overlords, Vassals, Serfs: The Space Economy and the Return to
An International Space Authority to Accelerate Revolutionary Space Development
What Happens To Dissent When Flight Is An Option?
Power and Discipline in extra-terrestrial communities
Frontier Freedom and the Cultural Imperative.
