The Palgrave Handbook of Society, Culture and Outer Space

Bringing together scholarship from across the social sciences and humanities, this handbook critically examines the relationship between society and outer space, exploring the history, present and future of outer space and the place of humans within it.

Author: James S. Ormrod
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/06/2016
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.91lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9781137363510

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2016

About the Author
Peter Dickens is Visiting Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK. His main interests are in the relations between society and nature. Recent publications include Society and Nature (2004) and, with James Ormrod, Cosmic Society (2007). He continues work on the relations between society and the cosmos, with particular reference to the astronaut and visual cultures of outer space. He is a member of the Red-Green Study Group, London.

James S. Ormrod is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton, UK. Rooted in psychosocial theory, his research focuses on social movements and on the relationship humans have with their environment and with the universe more generally. He is the author of Fantasy and Social Movements (2014) and, with Peter Dickens, Cosmic Society (2007).