The Future Fusion of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Big Histories

Because of the “big” in “Big History,” its story of the one universe will have to expand if or when we incorporate the separate histories of extraterrestrial civilizations. communication exchange between terrestrials and extraterrestrials occurs, two things will likely happen: the scope of our Big H...

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1. VerfasserIn: Peters, Ted 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge [2021]
In: Theology and science
Jahr: 2021, Band: 19, Heft: 1, Seiten: 18-31
RelBib Classification:NCG Ökologische Ethik; Schöpfungsethik
TA Geschichte
weitere Schlagwörter:B Seti
B NASA
B Astrobiology
B Extraterrestrial Life
B Big History
B ecological ethics
B METI
B cosmic history
B History
B galactic ethics
B ET
B Lowell Gustafson
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Zusammenfassung:Because of the “big” in “Big History,” its story of the one universe will have to expand if or when we incorporate the separate histories of extraterrestrial civilizations. communication exchange between terrestrials and extraterrestrials occurs, two things will likely happen: the scope of our Big History will become more comprehensive and, perhaps also, deeper in self-understanding. Objective knowledge of extraterrestrial history will expand our cosmic horizon while, at the same time, it may compel a subjective transformation of our place in the cosmic story. As the President of the International Big History Association, Lowell Gustafson, hints: Big History requires a galactic politics.
ISSN:1474-6719
Enthält:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2020.1869674