{"product_id":"the-expanse-and-philosophy-isbn-9781119755609","title":"The Expanse and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnter The Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e to explore questions of the meaning of human life, the concept of justice, and the nature of humanity, featuring a foreword from author James S.A. Corey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Expanse and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the philosophical universe of the critically acclaimed television show and Hugo Award-winning series of novels. Original essays by a diverse international panel of experts illuminate how essential philosophical concepts relate to the meticulously crafted world of \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e, engaging with topics such as transhumanism, belief, culture, environmental ethics, identity, colonialism, diaspora, racism, reality, and rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceiving a near-future solar system colonized by humanity, \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e provokes a multitude of moral, ethical, and philosophical queries: Are Martians, Outer Planets inhabitants, and Earthers different races? Is Marco Inaros a terrorist? Can people who look and sound different, like Earthers and Belters, ever peacefully co-exist? Should science be subject to moral rules? Who is sovereign in space? What is the relationship between human progress and aggression? \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e helps you answer these questions—and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the first six novels in \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e series and five seasons of the television adaptation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the philosophical issues that emerge from socio-economics and geopolitics of Earth, Mars, and the Outer Planets Alliance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers fresh perspectives on the themes, characters, and storylines of \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the connections between \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e and thinkers such as Aristotle, Kant, Locke, Hannah Arendt, Wittgenstein, Descartes, and Nietzsche\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart of the popular \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have companion for avid readers of James S.A. Corey’s novels and devotees of the television series alike.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Expanded \u003ci\u003eRocinante\u003c\/i\u003e Crew List x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xix\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffery L. Nicholas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst Orbit: From Earth to the Stars 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Infinite and the Sublime in \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael J. O’Neill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Interplanetary Expansion and the Deep Future 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargarida Hermida\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Humanity’s Dilemma before Abaddon’s Gate 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonard Kahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Hate Expectations: Politics and Gender Roles in \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS. W. Sondheimer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecond Orbit: Is It the Protomolecule, or Just Human Nature? 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt and Jules-Pierre Mao 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. S. Leiby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Amos Meets Nietzsche 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePankaj Singh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Is Amos Evil? 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiana Sofronieva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Moral Obligation in an Anarchic World 74\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew D. Atkinson and Darin DeWitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Terrorism and the Churn 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrip McCrossin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThird Orbit: Remember the Cant! 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Inners Must Die: Marco Inaros and the Righteousness of Anti-Colonial Violence 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSid Simpson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Being Beltalowda: Patriotism and Nationalism in \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaleb McGee Husmann and Elizabeth Kusko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Anarchy in the OPA: Sovereignty, Capitalism, and Bare Life 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Wenger Bro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “Can’t We Try Something Else?” Is James Holden a Hero? 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffery L. Nicholas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFourth Orbit: They Still Dream 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 “We had a garden and we paved it”: \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e and the Philosophy of the Anthropocene 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiletta De Cristofaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 We Can Be Gods: Remorseless Logic or Shared Humanity 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMax Gemeinhardt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Gunnery Sergeant Draper and the Martian Congressional Republic’s Vision for Mars 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames S. J. Schwartz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifth Orbit: Tilting at Windmills 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 How to Be a Hero: Hannah Arendt and Naomi Nagata on Making and Doing Politics 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTiago Cerqueira Lazier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Lives of Naomi Nagata: Intersectionality and the Impossible Choices of Resistance 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuilel Treiber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Risky Tradeoffs in \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Field and Stefano Lo Re\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSixth Orbit: Riding the Roci 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Long Dark Night of The Hat: The Metaphysical Fate of Detective Josephus Miller and His Headwear 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS. W. Sondheimer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Between Worlds: The Multiplicitous Subjectivity of Naomi Nagata 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric Chelstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Language Games in \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse:\u003c\/i\u003e If a Lion Could \u003ci\u003eShowxa\u003c\/i\u003e, We Would Not \u003ci\u003ePochuye\u003c\/i\u003e Him 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Magrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e Episodes List 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEFFERY L. NICHOLAS\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at Providence College, Rhode Island, and Research Associate at the Center for Aristotelian Studies and Critical Theory at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania. He is co-founder and Executive Secretary of the International Society for MacIntyre Enquiry. 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