Expanse and Philosophy

Contributors: Expanded Rocinante Crew List x

Acknowledgements xv

Foreword xvii

Introduction xix
Jeffery L. Nicholas

First Orbit: From Earth to the Stars 1

1 The Infinite and the Sublime in The Expanse 3
Michael J. O'Neill

2 Interplanetary Expansion and the Deep Future 13
Margarida Hermida

3 Humanity's Dilemma before Abaddon's Gate 25
Leonard Kahn

4 Hate Expectations: Politics and Gender Roles in The Expanse 33
S. W. Sondheimer

Second Orbit: Is It the Protomolecule, or Just Human Nature? 45

5 The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt and Jules-Pierre Mao 47
R. S. Leiby

6 Amos Meets Nietzsche 57
Pankaj Singh

7 Is Amos Evil? 65
Diana Sofronieva

8 Moral Obligation in an Anarchic World 74
Matthew D. Atkinson and Darin DeWitt

9 Terrorism and the Churn 84
Trip McCrossin

Third Orbit: Remember the Cant! 91

10 The Inners Must Die: Marco Inaros and the Righteousness of Anti-Colonial Violence 93
Sid Simpson

11 Being Beltalowda: Patriotism and Nationalism in The Expanse 102
Caleb McGee Husmann and Elizabeth Kusko

12 Anarchy in the OPA: Sovereignty, Capitalism, and Bare Life 111
Lisa Wenger Bro

13 "Can't We Try Something Else?" Is James Holden a Hero? 125
Jeffery L. Nicholas

Fourth Orbit: They Still Dream 133

14 "We had a garden and we paved it": The Expanse and the Philosophy of the Anthropocene 135
Diletta De Cristofaro

15 We Can Be Gods: Remorseless Logic or Shared Humanity 145
Max Gemeinhardt

16 Gunnery Sergeant Draper and the Martian Congressional Republic's Vision for Mars 151
James S. J. Schwartz

Fifth Orbit: Tilting at Windmills 161

17 How to Be a Hero: Hannah Arendt and Naomi Nagata on Making and Doing Politics 163
Tiago Cerqueira Lazier

18 The Lives of Naomi Nagata: Intersectionality and the Impossible Choices of Resistance 171
Guilel Treiber

19 Risky Tradeoffs in The Expanse 179
Claire Field and Stefano Lo Re

Sixth Orbit: Riding the Roci 187

20 The Long Dark Night of The Hat: The Metaphysical Fate of Detective Josephus Miller and His Headwear 189
S. W. Sondheimer

21 Between Worlds: The Multiplicitous Subjectivity of Naomi Nagata 195
Eric Chelstrom

22 Language Games in The Expanse: If a Lion Could Showxa, We Would Not Pochuye Him 203
Andrew Magrath

Appendix: The Expanse Episodes List 215

Index 217

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• Filosofia

The Expanse; The Expanse philosophy; The Expanse themes; The Expanse philosophical questions; The Expanse philosophical concepts; The Expanse philosophical issues; The Expanse companion; The Expanse essays; The Expanse philosophers