The Expanse and Philosophy

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<p><b><i>Enter The Expanse</i> to explore questions of the meaning of human life, the concept of justice, and the nature of humanity, featuring a foreword from author James S.A. Corey</b></p><p><i>The Expanse and Philosophy</i> investigates the philosophical universe of the critically acclaimed television show and Hugo Award-winning series of novels. Original essays by a diverse international panel of experts illuminate how essential philosophical concepts relate to the meticulously crafted world of<i>The Expanse</i>, engaging with topics such as transhumanism, belief, culture, environmental ethics, identity, colonialism, diaspora, racism, reality, and rhetoric.</p><p>Conceiving a near-future solar system colonized by humanity,<i>The Expanse</i> provokes a multitude of moral, ethical, and philosophical queries: Are Martians, Outer Planets inhabitants, and Earthers different races? Is Marco Inaros a terrorist? Can people who look and sound different, like Earthers and Belters, ever peacefully co-exist? Should science be subject to moral rules? Who is sovereign in space? What is the relationship between human progress and aggression?<i>The Expanse and Philosophy</i> helps you answer these questionsand many more.</p><ul><li>Covers the first six novels in<i>The Expanse</i> series and five seasons of the television adaptation</li><li>Addresses the philosophical issues that emerge from socio-economics and geopolitics of Earth, Mars, and the Outer Planets Alliance</li><li>Offers fresh perspectives on the themes, characters, and storylines of<i>The Expanse</i></li><li>Explores the connections between<i>The Expanse</i> and thinkers such as Aristotle, Kant, Locke, Hannah Arendt, Wittgenstein, Descartes, and Nietzsche</li></ul><p>Part of the popular<i>Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture</i> series,<i>The Expanse and Philosophy</i> is a must-have companion for avid readers of James S.A. Coreys novels and devotees of the television series alike.</p>

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<p><b>JEFFERY L. NICHOLAS</B> is Associate Professor at Providence College, Rhode Island, and Research Associate at the Center for Aristotelian Studies and Critical Theory at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania. He is co-founder and Executive Secretary of the International Society for MacIntyre Enquiry. His publications include<i>Love and Politics: Persistent Human Desires as a Foundation for Liberation and Reason, Tradition, and the Good: MacIntyres Tradition Constituted Reason and Frankfurt School Critical Theory.</i></p>

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