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The Expanse and Philosophy
So Far Out Into the Darkness
Jeffery L. Nicholas (Edited by), W Irwin (Author), William Irwin (Series edited by), James S. A. Corey (Foreword by)
9781119755609, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 11 November 2021
256 pages
22.4 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg
Enter The Expanse 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 The Expanse and Philosophy 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 The Expanse, engaging with topics such as transhumanism, belief, culture, environmental ethics, identity, colonialism, diaspora, racism, reality, and rhetoric. Conceiving a near-future solar system colonized by humanity, The Expanse 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? The Expanse and Philosophy helps you answer these questions—and many more. Part of the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, The Expanse and Philosophy is a must-have companion for avid readers of James S.A. Corey’s novels and devotees of the television series alike.
Contributors: Expanded Rocinante Crew List x Acknowledgements xv Foreword xvii Introduction xix First Orbit: From Earth to the Stars 1 1 The Infinite and the Sublime in The Expanse 3 2 Interplanetary Expansion and the Deep Future 13 3 Humanity’s Dilemma before Abaddon’s Gate 25 4 Hate Expectations: Politics and Gender Roles in The Expanse 33 Second Orbit: Is It the Protomolecule, or Just Human Nature? 45 5 The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt and Jules-Pierre Mao 47 6 Amos Meets Nietzsche 57 7 Is Amos Evil? 65 8 Moral Obligation in an Anarchic World 74 9 Terrorism and the Churn 84 Third Orbit: Remember the Cant! 91 10 The Inners Must Die: Marco Inaros and the Righteousness of Anti-Colonial Violence 93 11 Being Beltalowda: Patriotism and Nationalism in The Expanse 102 12 Anarchy in the OPA: Sovereignty, Capitalism, and Bare Life 111 13 “Can’t We Try Something Else?” Is James Holden a Hero? 125 Fourth Orbit: They Still Dream 133 14 “We had a garden and we paved it”: The Expanse and the Philosophy of the Anthropocene 135 15 We Can Be Gods: Remorseless Logic or Shared Humanity 145 16 Gunnery Sergeant Draper and the Martian Congressional Republic’s Vision for Mars 151 Fifth Orbit: Tilting at Windmills 161 17 How to Be a Hero: Hannah Arendt and Naomi Nagata on Making and Doing Politics 163 18 The Lives of Naomi Nagata: Intersectionality and the Impossible Choices of Resistance 171 19 Risky Tradeoffs in The Expanse 179 Sixth Orbit: Riding the Roci 187 20 The Long Dark Night of The Hat: The Metaphysical Fate of Detective Josephus Miller and His Headwear 189 21 Between Worlds: The Multiplicitous Subjectivity of Naomi Nagata 195 22 Language Games in The Expanse: If a Lion Could Showxa, We Would Not Pochuye Him 203 Appendix: The Expanse Episodes List 215 Index 217
Jeffery L. Nicholas
Michael J. O’Neill
Margarida Hermida
Leonard Kahn
S. W. Sondheimer
R. S. Leiby
Pankaj Singh
Diana Sofronieva
Matthew D. Atkinson and Darin DeWitt
Trip McCrossin
Sid Simpson
Caleb McGee Husmann and Elizabeth Kusko
Lisa Wenger Bro
Jeffery L. Nicholas
Diletta De Cristofaro
Max Gemeinhardt
James S. J. Schwartz
Tiago Cerqueira Lazier
Guilel Treiber
Claire Field and Stefano Lo Re
S. W. Sondheimer
Eric Chelstrom
Andrew Magrath
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
