{"product_id":"the-expanse-and-philosophy-so-far-out-into-the-darkness-paperback","title":"The Expanse and Philosophy: So Far Out Into the Darkness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffery L. Nicholas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames S. A. Corey\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs Marco Inaros a terrorist?\u003cbr\u003e Can people who look and sound different, like Earthers and Belters, ever get along?\u003cbr\u003e What does \"Beltalowda\" really mean?\u003cbr\u003e Should science be subject to moral rules?\u003cbr\u003e Who is sovereign in space?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Expanse, \u003c\/i\u003e the hit television show and Hugo award-winning novel series, humanity's colonization of the solar system has brought with it a desire for power and unprecedented social and economic consequences. Unforgettable characters face harrowing choices in a near future in which basic necessities like food and air are scarce resources, corporate greed runs amok, and intense violence is commonplace. Yet amidst the turmoil, a team of Earthers, Martians, and the people of the Outer Planets forge a family and help each other carry burdens both large and small. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026gt;Confronting existential issues with the urgency of a rogue asteroid response, \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e delves into questions of good and evil, the morality of space expansion, the nature of the sublime, the practice of politics, the intersectional construction of personal identity, and more. Original essays from a diverse group of scholars peer into the protomolecule and out through the Ring Gates--taking you on a philosophical journey with Miller, Holden, Amos, Naomi, Avasarala, and Bobbie as they touch down on Earth, the Outer Planets, and Ilus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a foreword from The Expanse creator James S. A. Corey, \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an explosive investigation into how science fiction can help shape the future of humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, visit \u003cb\u003ewww.andphilosophy.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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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