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Limiting Outer Space


Limiting Outer Space

Astroculture After Apollo
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

von: Alexander C.T. Geppert

28,88 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 18.04.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781137369161
Sprache: englisch

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<p><i>Limiting Outer Space</i> propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the Post-Apollo period. After the moon landings, disillusionment set in. Outer space, no longer considered the inevitable destination of human expansion, lost much of its popular appeal, cultural significance and political urgency. With the rapid waning of the worldwide Apollo frenzy, the optimism of the Space Age gave way to an era of space fatigue and planetized limits. Bringing together the history of European astroculture and American-Soviet spaceflight with scholarship on the 1970s, this cutting-edge volume examines the reconfiguration of space imaginaries from a multiplicity of disciplinary perspectives. Rather than invoking oft-repeated narratives of Cold War rivalry and an escalating Space Race, <i>Limiting Outer Space</i> breaks new ground by exploring a hitherto underrated and understudied decade, the Post-Apollo period.</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p></p>
Introduction.- 1 Alexander C.T. Geppert; <i>The Post-Apollo Paradox: Envisioning Limits During the Planetized 1970s.- </i>Part I: Navigating the 1970s.- 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Martin Collins; <i>The 1970s: Spaceflight and Historically Interpreting the In-between Decade.- </i>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Roger D. Launius; <i>Responding to Apollo: America’s Divergent Reactions to the Moon Landings.- </i>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Doug Millard; <i>A Grounding in Space: Were the 1970s a Period of Transition in Britain’s Exploration of Outer Space?.- </i>Part II: Reconfiguring Outer Space.- 5 Robert Poole; <i>The Myth of Progress: </i>2001: A Space Odyssey.- 6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Florian Kläger; <i>The Earthward Gaze and Self-reflexivity in Anglophone Novels of the 1970s.- </i>7 Thore Bjørnvig; <i>Building Outer Space: LEGO and the Conquest of the Beyond in the 1970s.- </i>8 Luca Follis;<i>The Province and Heri</i>tage of Humankind: Space Law’s Imaginary of Outer Space, 1967–1979.- Part III: Grounding Utopias.- 9 Andrew Jenks; <i>Transnational Utopias, Space Exploration and the Association of Space Explorers, 1972–1985.- </i>10 Regina Peldszus; <i>Architectural Experiments in Space: Orbital Stations, Simulators and Speculative Design, 1968–1982.- </i>11 Tilmann Siebeneichner; <i>Spacelab: Peace, Progress and European Politics in Outer Space, 1973–1985.- </i>12 Peter J. Westwick; <i>From the Club of Rome to Star Wars: The Era of Limits, Space Colonization and the Origins of SDI.- </i>Epilogue.- 13 David A. Kirby; <i>Final Frontiers? Envisioning Utopia in the Era of Limits.</i><i>
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<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; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p></p><p></p>
<i>Limiting Outer Space</i> propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the Post-Apollo period. After the Apollo moon landings, disillusionment set in. With the return of the last astronaut in 1972, the skies – rather than the distant stars – once again became the limit. No longer considered the inevitable destination of human expansion, outer space lost much of the popular appeal, cultural significance and political urgency that it had gained since the end of the Second World War. With the rapid waning of the worldwide Apollo frenzy, the optimism of the Space Age gave way to an era of planetized limits. Bringing together the history of European astroculture and American-Soviet spaceflight with recent scholarship on the 1970s, the thirteen chapters in this cutting-edge volume examine the reconfiguration of space imaginaries from a multiplicity of disciplinary perspectives. Rather than invoking oft-repeated narratives of Cold War rivalry and an escalating Space Race between East and West, <i>Limiting Outer Space</i> breaks new ground by exploring a hitherto underrated and understudied decade, the Post-Apollo period.<p></p>
Second volume in the European Astroculture trilogy Propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the 1970s, the Post-Apollo era of crisis and reconfiguration Utilises an international and transdisciplinary perspective to explore the cultural history of outer space Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
<p>Propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the 1970s, the Post-Apollo era of crisis and reconfiguration</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Utiliises an international and transdisciplinary perspective to explore the cultural history of outer space</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Explores the reconfiguration of space imaginaries during the decade after the moon landings</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)&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Limiting Outer Space illustrates the rich possibilities of seeing spaceflight and astroculture as integral components of the pivotal decade of the 1970s. Representing an array of disciplines and geographies, the authors in this volume collectively complement and amend previous understandings of the cultural and geopolitical transitions of the age. Highly recommended for its broad scope and well crafted essays!” (Emily S. Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine, USA)</p>

<p>“This is a highly original volume on the surprising lull in space exploration during the crisis-ridden 1970s. The particular value of its multinational chapters lies in their transdisciplinary investigation of how the end of the Apollo moon landings coincided with a growing disillusionment of space imaginaries during the onset of globalization.” (Konrad H. Jarausch, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA)</p>

<p>“For ages, mankind envisioned venturing to the moon. Surprisingly, once that vision was realized, popular fascination with spaceflight vanished quickly. The stars became disenchanted, and Spaceship Earth began to mirror itself with thousands of satellites instead. From perspectives as diverse as geopolitics, architecture and law, this intriguing volume outlines continuities and transformations of astroculture during the Post-Apollo era. It offers thought-provoking insights by adding a third dimension to the more than ambivalent 1970s and 1980s.” (Dirk van Laak, Universität Leipzig, Germany)</p>

<p>“This provocative yet deeply researched collection of essays edited by Alexander Geppert reveals the profound connection between the climacteric ofmanned space flight after Apollo 11 and the onrush of globalization in the 1970s. Pausing after the moon landing in its cosmic quest, humanity, as it were, deepened its global connections; and this book opens up that hitherto unexplored linkage.” (Charles S. Maier, Harvard University, USA)</p>

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