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020			_a9781501375804
082			_a629.4701 _bMOR
100			_aMorton, Timothy
245			_aSpacecraft
260			_bBloomsbury Academic, _c2021 _aNew York :
300			_a129 p. ; _c17 cm
365			_b9.99 _cGBP _d104.80
490			_aObject lessons
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aScience fiction is filled with spacecraft. And in the real world, eager industrialists race to develop new vehicles to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere. Space travel can seem like a waste of resources or like human destiny. But what are spacecraft, and just what can they teach us about imagination, ecology, democracy, and the nature of objects? Furthermore, 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, modeled, turned into Disney rides, parodied, and flit around in everyone's head-the Millennium Falcon would be it. Based primarily around this infamous Star Wars vehicle, Spacecraft takes readers on an intergalactic journey through science fiction and speculative philosophy, and revealing real-world political and ecological lessons along the way. Philosopher Timothy Morton shows how the Millennium Falcon is a spacecraft par excellence, offering readers not just flights of fancy, but new ground to stand on.
650			_aSpace vehicles
650			_aphilosophy
650			_aOntology
650			_aObject
650			_aScience Fiction
650			_aAlienation
650			_aAnti-imperialism
650			_aAnti-racism
650			_aFeminism
650			_aFascism
650			_aHumanoids
650			_a Libertarianism
650			_aNASA
650			_a Object-oriented ontology (OOO)
650			_aPhenomenology
650			_aR2D2
650			_aSlavery
650			_aTARDIS
650			_a Utopia
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