1st Edition
Property Rights in Outer Space Mining, Techno-Utopian Imaginaries, and the Privatisation of the Off-World Frontier
By Matthew Johnson
Copyright 2024
282 Pages
5 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
5 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
5 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the role of private mining rights in the utopian imaginary of space colonisation. It presents a transdisciplinary account of the new and evolving legislative frameworks that have been established in anticipation of commercial exploitation of the mineral resources of the off-world frontier. Written in an engaging style, the book investigates a novel case study in the history of... Read more
Foreword
1. Introduction
2. NewSpace and neoliberalism
3. Enclosing the space commons? Off-world property through the lens of political history
4. On mineral sovereignty: state-corporate appropriation and the power of mining capital
5. Making and re-making the ‘space constitution’
6. Privateering the cosmic frontier: empire, myth and the violence of property
7. Techno-utopianism and post-limits environmentalism
8. Epilogue
References
Biography
Matthew Johnson was awarded his PhD in 2020 from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He has worked in a variety of academic and public sector roles, and currently lives and works in Sydney.
