Spaceship Earth. A total institution.
In: Ecological Economics, Jg. 223 (2024-09-01), S. N.PAG
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The concept of Earth as a planetary spaceship serves as a root metaphor of ecological economics, sustainability science, and the broader environmental movement. This article first explores the origins of this metaphor and elucidates the core components and functions of a hypothetical Spaceship Earth. It then draws on Erving Goffman's characteristics of total institutions to show that such a spaceship would epitomise the most total institution ever known in human history. Acknowledging the continued influence of spaceship thinking, the article concludes by offering first hints to emergency exits from a planetary total institution with no mission other than orbiting another celestial body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Spaceship Earth. A total institution.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Roth, Steffen |
Zeitschrift: | Ecological Economics, Jg. 223 (2024-09-01), S. N.PAG |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0921-8009 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108243 |
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