Peter Dickens is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Essex. James Ormrod is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton.

"An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our time and, even more, of our childen´s."Göran Therborn is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK and is also co-Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Sweden. "Arguably the most important and certainly the most ambitious book of recent sociology."Bryan Turner, Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology.

• Introduction: Cosmic Society 1. The Cosmic Order, the Social Order and the Self 2. The Outer Spatial Fix 3. Capital, Outer Space and Star Wars 4. Satellites and Social Power 5. Space Tourism and Human Identity 6. Industry and Empire in Space. Conclusion: Cosmic Imperialism and Social Resistance

Peter Dickens is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Essex. James Ormrod is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton.

"An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our time and, even more, of our childen´s."Göran Therborn is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK and is also co-Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Sweden. "Arguably the most important and certainly the most ambitious book of recent sociology."Bryan Turner, Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology.

• Introduction: Cosmic Society 1. The Cosmic Order, the Social Order and the Self 2. The Outer Spatial Fix 3. Capital, Outer Space and Star Wars 4. Satellites and Social Power 5. Space Tourism and Human Identity 6. Industry and Empire in Space. Conclusion: Cosmic Imperialism and Social Resistance

Peter Dickens is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Essex. James Ormrod is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton.

"An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our time and, even more, of our childen´s."Göran Therborn is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK and is also co-Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Sweden. "Arguably the most important and certainly the most ambitious book of recent sociology."Bryan Turner, Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology.

• Introduction: Cosmic Society 1. The Cosmic Order, the Social Order and the Self 2. The Outer Spatial Fix 3. Capital, Outer Space and Star Wars 4. Satellites and Social Power 5. Space Tourism and Human Identity 6. Industry and Empire in Space. Conclusion: Cosmic Imperialism and Social Resistance