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Imagining Outer Space


Imagining Outer Space

European Astroculture in the Twentieth Century
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology 2nd ed. 2018

von: Alexander C.T. Geppert

39,58 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 25.04.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781349953394
Sprache: englisch

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<p><em>Imagining Outer Space</em> makes a captivating advance into the cultural history of outer space and extraterrestrial life in the European imagination. How was outer space conceived and communicated? What promises of interplanetary expansion and cosmic colonization propelled the project of human spaceflight to the forefront of twentieth-century modernity? In what way has West-European astroculture been affected by the continuous exploration of outer space? Tracing the thriving interest in spatiality to early attempts at exploring imaginary worlds beyond our own, the book analyzes contact points between science and fiction from a transdisciplinary perspective and examines sites and situations where utopian images and futuristic technologies contributed to the omnipresence of fantasmatic thought. Bringing together state-of-the-art work in this emerging field of historical research, the volume breaks new ground in the historicization of the Space Age.</p><p></p>
<p>Figures.- Abbreviations.- Acknowledgments.- Contributors.- Introduction.- 1. European Astrofuturism, Cosmic Provincialism Historicizing the Space Age; A.C.T.Geppert.- PART I: NARRATING OUTER SPACE.- 2. Space, Time and Aliens:The Role of Imagination in Outer Space; S.J.Dick.- 3. Heaven on Earth: Tunguska, 30 June 1908; C.Schmölders.- 4. Imagining Inorganic Life: Crystalline Aliens in Science and Fiction; T.Brandstetter.- PART II: PROJECTING OUTER SPACE.- 5. Projecting Landscapes of the Human Mind onto Another World: Changing Faces of an Imaginary Mars; R.Eisfeld.- 6. 'Smash the Myth of the Fascist Rocket Baron': East German Attacks on Wernher von Braun in the 1960s; M.J.Neufeld.- 7. Transcendence of Gravity: Arthur C. Clarke and the Apocalypse of Weightlessness: T.Bjørnvig.- PART III: VISUALIZING OUTER SPACE.- 8. Per Media Ad Astra?: Outer Space in West Germany's Media, 1957-87; B.Mütter.- 9. Balloons on the Moon: Visions of Space Travel in Francophone Comic Strips; G.de Syon.- 10. 'A Stumble in the Dark': Contextualizing Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Space: 1999; H.Keazor.- PART IV: ENCOUNTERING OUTER SPACE.- 11. Life as We Don't Yet Know It: An Anthropologist's First Contact with the Science of 'Weird Life'; D.Battaglia.- 12. A Ghost in the Machine: How Sociology Tried to Explain (Away) American Flying Saucers and European Ghost Rockets, 1946-47; P.Lagrange.- 13. Seeing the Future of Civilization in the Skies of Quarouble: UFO Encounters and the Problem of Empire in Postwar France; J.Miller.- PART V: INSCRIBING OUTER SPACE.- 14. Self-Reproducing Automata and the Impossibility of SETI; G.Munévar.- 15. Inscribing Scientific Knowledge: Interstellar Communication, NASA's Pioneer Plaque, and Contact with Cultures of the Imagination, 1971-72; W.R.Macauley.- 16. Alien Spotting: Damien Hirst's Beagle 2 , Mars Lander Calibration Target and the Exploitation of Outer Space; T.Weddigen.- Epilogue.- 17. Look Up: Art in the Age of Orbitization; P.Pocock.- Bibliography.- Index.</p>
<p><b>Alexander C.T. Geppert </b>is Associate Professor of History and European Studies and Global Network Associate Professor at New York University Shanghai as well as NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies in New York City. From 2010 to 2016 he directed the Emmy Noether research group ‘The Future in the Stars: European Astroculture and Extraterrestrial Life in the Twentieth Century’ at Freie Universität Berlin.</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<em>Imagining Outer Space</em>&nbsp;makes a captivating advance into the cultural history of outer space and extraterrestrial life in the European imagination. How was outer space conceived and communicated? What promises of interplanetary expansion and cosmic colonization propelled the project of human spaceflight to the forefront of twentieth-century modernity? In what way has West-European astroculture been affected by the continuous exploration of outer space? Tracing the thriving interest in spatiality to early attempts at exploring imaginary worlds beyond our own, the book analyzes contact points between science and fiction from a transdisciplinary perspective and examines sites and situations where utopian images and futuristic technologies contributed to the omnipresence of fantasmatic thought. Bringing together state-of-the-art work in this emerging field of historical research, the volume breaks new ground in the historicization of the Space Age.<p></p>
First volume in the European Astroculture trilogy Brings together state-of-the-art work in the emerging field of historical research on the the Space Age Explores the cultural history of outer space and extraterrestrial life in the European imagination Analyzes contact points between science and fiction from a transdisciplinary perspective Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
<p><p>“All three volumes are highly recommended to those interested in how space exploration has affected culture and vice versa. I expect astroculture to grow in importance, both as a cultural phenomenon and as an area of study.” (Steven J. Dick, Former NASA Chief Historian and Library of Congress Baruch S. Blumberg Chair)</p>

<p>“This wonderful multinational and multidisciplinary collection is greater than the sum of its fascinating parts. Crystalline aliens, a mysterious Siberian explosion, silicon-based life forms, Tintin, Thunderbirds, Star Trek and Raëlians are just some of the many things which are examined in a brilliantly eclectic series of essays.” (David Edgerton, Imperial College London, UK)</p>

<p>“With generous references to the scholarship and original sources, as well as its own intelligent and well-integrated contributions, this book establishes a comprehensive new field of research 'astroculture.” (Michael G. Smith, Purdue University, USA)</p>

<p>“Imagining Outer Space is a brilliantly organized compendium of current scholarship at the intersection between space history and the popular cultures of science/fiction. It also sheds new light on the often underplayed European contributions to imagining outer space as a richly inhabited human realm. It successfully establishes 'astroculture' as an energetic and growing area of scholarly production and debate.” (De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Indiana University, USA)</p>

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