Future Spaces of Power

Caroline Alphin is Instructor of English at Radford University and Instructor of Political Science at Virginia Tech, USA.E. Leigh McKagen is Instructor in the Department of History at Virginia Tech, USA.Shelby E. Ward is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tusculum University, USA.

• Acknowledgements List of ContributorsIntroduction: Future Spaces of PowerCaroline Alphin, E. Leigh McKagen, Shelby E. WardPart 1: Outer Spaces1. (Re)Creating Home and Empire in Contemporary Star TrekE. Leigh McKagen (Virginia Tech, USA)2. Disimagination and Corporate Futurity: The Neoliberal Enclosure of Outer SpaceCraig Henry Jones (Lancaster University, UK)3. From the Belt to Across the Sol: Lessons from The Expanse for Reforming the Outer SpaceTreatyTroy Thurman (Independent Scholar, USA)4. Cosmic Dismemberment: Decolonizing Space Exploration In Cuban Speculative Fiction Lu Han (Cornell University, USA)5. The Pedagogy of Alien Response Movies: Limitations in liberal international politicsShelby E. Ward (Tusculum University, USA)Part 2: Digital Spaces6. The Biopolitics of Modern Social Darwinism: A Critique of Neo-reactionism and Its Anti-Democratic SpacesCaroline Alphin (Virginia Tech and Radford University, USA)7. You Reap What You Sow: Affect, Neoliberal Techno-Utopias and Community Building in Stardew ValleyDeanna Holroyd (The Ohio State University, USA) and Holly Parker (University of Lincoln, USA)8. Telehealth Publics: Networked Milieus of Care ProductionShaun Respess (North Carolina State University, USA)9. Kitot'sattook: Indigitalized Spaces, Time Travel and Kinship Computing Interconnection (KCI)Patricia May-Derbyshire (Simon Fraser University, Canada)Index

This one-of-a-kind text asks us to seriously consider the outer limits—both spatial and conceptual—of neoliberal capitalism and its colonial ventures. By bringing together the 'final frontiers' of digital and outer spaces, their explorations and expansions, and, crucially, the political and cultural logics that underpin these quests, the contributions featured in this volume provide important critical insights into the study of contemporary neoliberalism and imperialism. Fun, thought-provoking, and relevant to current political and social concerns, Future Spaces of Power has much to offer to students and scholars of political theory, international relations, and cultural studies.