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Science fiction is filled with spacecraft. On Earth, actual rockets explode over Texas while others make their way to Mars. But what are spacecraft, and just what can they teach us about imagination, ecology, democracy, and the nature of objects?
Why do certain spacecraft stand out in popular culture?
If ever there were a spacecraft that could be detached from its context, sold as toys, turned into Disney rides, parodied, and flit around in everyone’s head—the Millennium Falcon would be it.
Springing from this infamous Star Wars vehicle, Spacecraft takes readers on an intergalactic journey through science fiction and speculative philosophy, revealing real-world political and ecological lessons along the way.
In this book, Timothy Morton shows how spacecraft are never mere flights of fancy.
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Spacecraft by Prof. Timothy Morton delves into the influence of space and imaginary objects on our cultural and personal development. It intertwines Morton's childhood fascination with space travel with broader meditations on futurity, using iconic sci-fi elements like the Millennium Falcon. Readers have praised its thought-provoking insights into how these cultural elements could inspire progressive social change.
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ISBN: 9781501375804
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 October 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 120.0mm
Height: 164.0mm
Weight: 136g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Timothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University, USA. They are the author of 16 books, including Being Ecological (2018) and Humankind: Solidarity with Nonhuman People (2017), and 200 essays on philosophy, ecology, literature, music, art, architecture, design and food. www.ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com @the_eco_thought
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