SETI, Evolutionary Eschatology, and the Star Trek Imaginary
This article explores the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) as a practice of imagination expressed via an evolutionary eschatology where intelligent species are saved through the process of technological and social progress. I discuss a social imaginary associated with Star...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge
2021
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Theology and science
Jahr: 2021, Band: 19, Heft: 2, Seiten: 120-131 |
| RelBib Classification: | CF Christentum und Wissenschaft NBQ Eschatologie ZG Medienwissenschaft; Digitalität; Kommunikationswissenschaft |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Seti
B Cultural Evolution B Star Trek B Social Imaginary |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article explores the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) as a practice of imagination expressed via an evolutionary eschatology where intelligent species are saved through the process of technological and social progress. I discuss a social imaginary associated with Star Trek, and other science fiction examples, which has significantly shaped the manner in which SETI scientists have thought about and justified their research. I show how a collection of sociotechnical entities intertwine in the SETI context to form a coherent body of practice that is employed to justify and legitimize scientific practices related to SETI. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.1910911 |