Abstract / Description of output
When discussing institutions governing (future) outer space utilization/inhabitation, an age-old tension remerges between systemic interdependence, singularity of motivation, and commonality of criticality. Within any closed ecological system, ‘activities of life’ are interrelated in a way that contradicts the singular motivation of any individual one. When moving away from the originating environment, this interdependence is underlined further by the emerging challenges to life’s survival. This chapter examines the interplay between a potential configuration of these tensions based on recognizing ecological systemization as a way to mediate between individual visions and common challenges and the opportunities and threats to liberty it presents through techno-ecological perspective.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Institutions of Extraterrestrial Liberty |
| Editors | Charles Cockell |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Chapter | 26 |
| Pages | 455–463 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780192897985 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2022 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- ecology
- Society
- technology
- governance
- outer space