{"product_id":"militarizing-outer-space-astroculture-dystopia-and-the-cold-war-hardcover","title":"Militarizing Outer Space: Astroculture, Dystopia and the Cold War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander C. T. Geppert\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Brandau\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTilmann Siebeneichner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilitarizing Outer Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the dystopian and destructive dimensions of the Space\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAge and challenges conventional narratives of a bipolar Cold War rivalry. Concentrating on weapons, warfare and vio​lence, this provocative volume examines real and imagined endeavors of arming the skies and conquering the heavens. The third and final volume in the groundbreaking ​\u003ci\u003eEuropean Astroculture\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, ​\u003ci\u003eMilitarizing Outer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpace \u003c\/i\u003ezooms in on the interplay between security, technopolitics and knowledge from\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe 1920s through the 1980s. Often hailed as the site of heavenly utopias and otherworldly salvation, outer space transformed from a promised sanctuary to a present threat, where the battles of the future were to be waged. Astroculture proved instrumental in fathoming forms and functions of warfare's futures past, both on earth and in space. The allure of dominating outer space, the book shows, was neither limited to the early twenty-first century nor to current American space force rhetorics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilitarizing Outer Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the dystopian and destructive dimensions of the Space\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAge and challenges conventional narratives of a bipolar Cold War rivalry. Concentrating on weapons, warfare and vio​lence, this provocative volume examines real and imagined endeavors of arming the skies and conquering the heavens. The third and final volume in the groundbreaking ​\u003ci\u003eEuropean Astroculture\u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, ​\u003ci\u003eMilitarizing Outer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpace \u003c\/i\u003ezooms in on the interplay between security, technopolitics and knowledge from\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe 1920s through the 1980s. Often hailed as the site of heavenly utopias and otherworldly salvation, outer space transformed from a promised sanctuary to a present threat, where the battles of the future were to be waged. Astroculture proved instrumental in fathoming forms and functions of warfare's futures past, both on earth and in space. The allure of dominating outer space, the book shows, was neither limited to the early twenty-first century nor to current American space force rhetorics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander C. T. Geppert \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of History and European Studies at New York University, USA. He holds a joint appointment at NYU Shanghai and the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Brandau\u003c\/b\u003e is a postdoctoral research associate at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTilmann Siebeneichner\u003c\/b\u003e is a postdoctoral research associate at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 443\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47415174889650,"sku":"9781349958504","price":151.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4fae8d5781159ae86a02a9fb158543a7.webp?v=1778372767","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/militarizing-outer-space-astroculture-dystopia-and-the-cold-war-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}