{"product_id":"book-hg1f","title":"Astrotopia","description":"As environmental, political, and public health crises multiply on Earth, we are also at the dawn of a new space race in which governments team up with celebrity billionaires to exploit the cosmos for human gain. The best-known of these pioneers are selling different visions of the future: while Elon Musk and SpaceX seek to establish a human presence on Mars, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin work toward moving millions of earthlings into rotating near-Earth habitats. Despite these distinctions, these two billionaires share a core utopian project: the salvation of humanity through the exploitation of space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAstrotopia\u003c\/i\u003e, philosopher of science and religion Mary-Jane Rubenstein pulls back the curtain on the not-so-new myths these space barons are peddling, like growth without limit, energy without guilt, and salvation in a brand-new world. As Rubenstein reveals, we have already seen the destructive effects of this frontier zealotry in the centuries-long history of European colonialism. But Rubenstein does more than expose the values of capitalist technoscience as the product of bad mythologies. She offers a vision of exploring space without reproducing the atrocities of earthly colonialism, encouraging us to find and even make stories that put cosmic caretaking over profiteering.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49354294198576,"sku":"BDhg1f","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49354294231344,"sku":"ZEhg1f","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49354294264112,"sku":"ZMhg1f","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hg1f-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780348051","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hg1f","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}