Dissent, Revolution and Liberty Beyond Earth
This volume provides an in-depth discussion on the central question – how can people express and survive dissent and disagreement in confined habitats in space? The discussion is an important one because it could be that the systems of inter-dependence re
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Charles S. Cockell Editor
Dissent, Revolution and Liberty Beyond Earth
Space and Society Series editor Douglas A. Vakoch, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA and California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11929
Charles S. Cockell Editor
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Editor Charles S. Cockell UK Centre for Astrobiology School of Physics and Astronomy University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
ISSN 2199-3882 Space and Society ISBN 978-3-319-29347-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29349-3
ISSN 2199-3890
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ISBN 978-3-319-29349-3
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Preface
Faced with a political decision, a law or even an entire government that we find disagreeable, how are we to dissent? The question has perplexed social scientists for a long time and the resolution to this question has been extraordinarily diverse. From a minor and non-violent act of civil disobedience (such as refusing to pay taxes) to a full-scale geographically widespread bloody revolution, humanity has embarked on a dizzying array of methods to change ‘the system’. However, it is not clear if these methods (or at least the ones we might decide are desirable) can simply be transplanted into the space frontier; for example, a revolution that destroys infrastructure and causes depressurisation might kill everyone. Consequently, it is necessary to embark on a new discussion on the nature of dissent in space. How can we go about disagreeing with, and changing, the structures of governance put in place? How can liberty be preserved in the process? On 11 and 12 June 2015 we continued the third an
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