Recovering a spiritual attachment to Earth is necessary, for we are irrevocably tied to this rapidly destabilising planet. The original version of this image can be obtained from NASA. The Earth is the relatively bright speck of light about halfway across the uppermost sunbeam. I then theorise how the sublime Cosmos can be productively engaged as a source of political imagination and spiritualĮlevation. Description: English: This is the 'Pale Blue Dot' photograph of the Earth taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on February 14, 1990. I frame the sublime Cosmos and its infinite expanse of dynamic material forces, as a site of resistance against Promethean visions of human mastery and colonisation.
While I do not contest this claim, I argue that humanity's technological capabilities and acquired knowledge of the universe can alternatively facilitate an Earth-centred engagement with the Cosmos as a sublime aestheticĮxperience. On December 6, 1994, Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos, well-known astronomer and speaker, appeared before the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.
In the face of these escapist fantasies, political discussion on humanity's relation to the universe is notably limitedĪnd primarily frames space exploration as a dangerous Promethean endeavour.
Amidst a worsening climate crisis, there is growing public discourse theorising the possible colonisation of outer space to secure a sustainable future for humanity.
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